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Reflecting on his years in prison, Nelson Mandela wrote that there were dark moments that tested his faith in humanity, but he refused to give up.

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Barack Obama
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: August 4
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I will begin to remove our troops from Iraq immediately.
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We can't afford to stand pat while the world races by. The United States of America did not become the most prosperous nation on Earth by sheer luck or happenstance. We got here because each time a generation of Americans has faced a changing world, we have changed with it. We have not feared our future we have shaped it.
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I never regret anything... I just lie about it or change the story.
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The study of geography is about more than just memorizing places on a map. It's about understanding the complexity of our world, appreciating the diversity of cultures that exists across continents. And in the end, it's about using all that knowledge to help bridge divides and bring people together.
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My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington.
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I do think that you're starting to see young people pay attention to some longterm issues that they feel Washington has neglected.
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I am not opposed to all wars. I'm opposed to dumb wars.
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And, you know, I don’t want to have to worry that she is going to get sick as the consequence of having, having her lunch.
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For me, personally, the most difficult moments had to do with not just terrorist attacks, but also shootings.
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Most people who serve in Washington have been trained either as lawyers or as political operatives--professions that tend to place a premium on winning arguments rather than solving problems.
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The values that we talked about, the values democracy and free speech and international norms and rule of law, respecting the ability of other countries to determine their own destiny and preserve their sovereignty and territorial integrity. Things are not something that we can set aside.
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It's no wonder that America's engagement in the region has strong, sustained, bipartisan support. So I'll be handing my successor a strong foundation - including closer ties with Singapore - on which to continue building, and I'm optimistic that will happen.
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Politics has become so bitter and partisan, so gummed up by money and influence, that we can't tackle the big problems that demand solutions. And that's what we have to change first. We have to change our politics, and come together around our common interests and concerns as Americans.
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I do make sure that I've got people who are experts that are helping me make the best decisions possible.
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Keep guns out of inner cities-but also problem of morality.
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I will work every single day to make sure that America continues to be the greatest nation on earth.
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I think the Prime Minister is the first to acknowledge that Malaysia's still got some work to do. Just like the United States, by the way, has some work to do on these issues. Human Rights Watch probably has a list of things they think we should be doing as a government.
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Iraq will require US occupation of undetermined length.
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We may come from different places and have different stories, but we share common hopes, and one very American dream.
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You can't manage [country] the way you would manage a family business.
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