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The memoir was a very personal book. I wrote it as a personal journey and search about who my father was and how my family had come together and come apart - sorting all that out, you know, issues of personal identity.
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Barack Obama
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: August 4
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The good news is I think there are a lot of young people certainly who were involved in my campaigns, and I think continue to be involved in work not just politically, but through nonprofits and other organizations, that can carry this hard work of democracy forward.
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It was unknowable then, but so much of the progress that would define the 20th century, on both sides of the Atlantic, came down to the battle for a slice of beach only six miles long and two miles wide.
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Teddy Roosevelt supported a progressive income tax. If I am sitting pretty and you've got a waitress who is making minimum wage plus tips, and I can afford it and she can't, what's the big deal for me to say, 'I'm going to pay a little bit more'? That is neighborliness.
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There's something about the American spirit - inherent in the American spirit -- we don't hang on to the past. We always move forward.... We are going to leave something better for our children - not just here in the United States, but all around the world.
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The people there, the community, the lessons that I learned -- they're all based right in this few square miles where we'll now be able to give something back and bring the world back home after this incredible journey.
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Washington is a place where good ideas go to die.
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We seem to have trouble with [critical thinking]. And our political system doesn't help.
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You can't manage [country] the way you would manage a family business.
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We have to uphold a free press and freedom of speech - because, in the end, lies and misinformation are no match for the truth.
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It still puts burden on some troops of ours who are there [in Afghanistan and Iraq] as advisors and facilitators.
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Tonight, let us think back to the sense of unity that prevailed on 9/11.
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The violence engulfing the region today has made too many Israelis ready to abandon the hard work of peace. But let’s be clear: the status quo in the West Bank and Gaza is not sustainable.
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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 always believe that ultimately, if people are paying attention, then we get good government and good leadership. And when we get lazy, as a democracy and civically start taking shortcuts, then it results in bad government and politics.
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A number of countries, including some who have loudly criticized the NSA, privately acknowledge that America has special responsibilities as the world's only superpower, that our intelligence capabilities are critical to meeting these responsibilities, and that they themselves have relied on the information we obtain to protect their own people.
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Mitt Romney is familiar with jobs being shipped overseas because he invested in companies that were shipping jobs overseas.
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One thing you learn in this job [being US President] is that even if something's not your fault, you're still responsible. And that's how it should be.
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To keep Nigeria ONE, is a task that must be DONE.
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The best education I received was working with people in the community on a grassroots basis. Because what it taught me was that ordinary people, when they are working together can do extraordinary things.
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I would meet directly with the leadership in Iran.
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