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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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[White House] feels even more like home now because you have all these memories that were formed watching your kids grow up.
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Foreign Assistance is not an end in itself. The purpose of aid must be to create the conditions where it's no longer need.
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Congress has become so dysfunctional that more and more of a burden is placed on the agencies to fill in the gaps. And the gaps get bigger and bigger because they're not constantly refreshed and tweaked.
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I don't regret the excitement, because I do think that it helped us accomplish as much as we did.
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I do believe that Chancellor Merkel and Germany are a lynchpin in protecting the basic tenets of a liberal, market-based democratic order that has created unprecedented prosperity and security for Europe, but also for the world.
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Markets will rise and fall, but this is the United States of America. No matter what some agency may say, we've always been and always will be a triple A country.
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We don't turn back. We leave no one behind. We pull each other up.
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It is time to put in place tough, new common-sense rules of the road so that our financial market rewards drive and innovation, and punishes short-cuts and abuse.
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If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon.
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We've got an extraordinarily complex tax system that's full of loopholes that are exploited by special interests. I'd like to see those loopholes closed.
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If people, whether they are conservative or liberal, left or right, are unwilling to compromise and engage in the democratic process, and are taking absolutist views, and demonizing opponents, then democracy will break down.
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No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise.
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I have great respect for both President Obama and the office that he holds
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I think it's about time! Who cares whether he is looking for votes or not! At least your country is moving forward with the times!
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For decades, this great leader, often at Dr. King’s side, was denied his rightful place in history because he was openly gay. No medal can change that, but today, we honor Bayard Rustin’s memory by taking our place in his march towards true equality, no matter who we are or who we love.
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How we think about terrorism has to be defined and specific enough that it doesn't lead us to think that any horrible actions that take place around the world that are motivated in part by an extremist Islamic ideology is a direct threat to us or something that we have to wade into.
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We've got to change our regulatory system.
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[The Americans] believe in the idea that a child shouldn't be consigned to poverty just because of circumstances of their birth.
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For decades, our differences with Iran meant that our governments almost never spoke to each other. Ultimately, that did not advance America's interests.
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The reason we're governing right now is because we defeated moderate Republicans with moderate Democrats. And people need to be patient about that and realize that compromise is not evil.
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