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Barack Obama
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: August 4
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We do not believe that in this country, freedom is reserved for the lucky, or happiness for the few.
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My mother was the one constant in my life. When I think about my mom raising me alone when she was 20, and working and paying the bills, and, you know, trying to pursue your own dreams, I think is a feat that is unmatched.
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Constitution is a living document no strict constructionism.
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Greatness is never free it must be earned.
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My core goal is to dismantle, defeat, destroy al Qaeda and its allies that killed Americans and are still plotting to go kill Americans.
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The journey will be difficult. The road will be long. I face this challenge with profound humility, and knowledge of my own limitations. But I also face it with limitless faith in the capacity of the American people.
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I do think that this whole area of cyber is something that at an international level we have to work on and develop frameworks and international norms so that we don't see a cyber arms race.
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Lincoln, they used to talk about him almost as bad as they talk about me. So democracy has never been for the faint of heart.
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The more we are using clean energy, renewable energy sources, the less environmentally problematic facilities end up being a problem for everybody, but particularly for folks who have to suffer the consequences of some of these facilities.
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Our lives are now in a telephone, all our data, all our finances, all our personal information, and so it's proper that we have some constraints on that. But it's not going to be 100 percent. If it is 100 percent, then we're not going to be able to protect ourselves and our societies from some people who are trying to hurt us.
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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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We are an American family and we rise and fall together as one nation.
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Guaranteed, full stop, nobody gets treated differently when it comes to the Justice Department, because nobody is above the law.
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Our stories may be singular, but our destination is shared.
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There's something about these steps [in Oval Office] and thinking about everybody who's walked here and all the business that's been done here.
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That's silly talk... Talk to my wife. She'll tell me I need to learn to just put my socks on the hamper.
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As for Israel, our friendship is rooted deeply in a shared history and shared values. Our commitment to Israel's security is unshakeable. And we will stand against attempts to single it out for criticism in international forums.
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You know, I think that we are going to be OK. Look, Malia is 10, so three years from now she is 13. Who knows what happens to teenagers?
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My fellow Americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once, too.
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