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Barack Obama
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: August 4
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The map isn't always the territory, and you have to kind of walk through it to get a feel for it.
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Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns into universal, rather than religion-specific, values.
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It was into my father's image, the black man, son of Africa, that I'd packed all the attributes I sought in myself, the attributes of Martin and Malcolm, DuBois and Mandela.
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I was able to see faith as more than just a comfort to the weary or a hedge against death rather, it was an active, palpable agent in the world.
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I think we did a really good job in saving this economy and putting us back on the track of growth.
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But having made my decision as Commander-in-Chief based on what I am convinced is our national security interests, I will seek authorization for the use of force from the American people's representatives in Congress.
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[Donald Trump] ran an extraordinarily unconventional campaign and it resulted in the biggest political upset in perhaps modern political history. American history.
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There are some who might say that somebody named Barack Obama can't be elected senator in the state of Illinois. They're probably the same folks who said that a guy named Rod Blagojevich couldn't be elected governor of the state of Illinois.
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I know that the politics around trade can be very difficult - especially in an election year.
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With respect to the Internet and emails, this does not apply to U.S. citizens and it does not apply to people living in the United States.
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We have to deal with the 11 million individuals who are here illegally. The bill that Senator [Marco] Rubio put forward, I think is a great place to start.
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Africa is on the move a new Africa is emerging!
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There is enough oil out there for world demand. It is true that a lot of what's driving oil prices up right now is not the lack of supply. There's enough supply.
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Let's not play games. I was suggesting - you're absolutely right that John McCain has not talked about my Muslim faith.
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Immigration is part of the reason why our economy is stronger and better positioned than most of our other competitors, is because we've got a younger population that's more dynamic when it comes to trade.
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America, this is our moment. This is our time. Our time to turn the page of the policies of the past.
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Write anything you want because we'll never be heard from again.
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I think the most important thing is to take the long view on things. We live in such a 24/7, Twitter-fed, constant news cycle, and everything's a crisis, everything is terrible, everything is doomsday, everything is - if it doesn't get solved tomorrow, your presidency is going off the rails.
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Our enemies are fully aware that they can use oil as a weapon against America. And if we don't take this threat as seriously as the bombs they build or the guns they buy, we will be fighting the War on Terror with one hand tied behind our back.
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The worst thing that colonialism did was to cloud our view of our past.
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