WE WILL RESTORE SCIENCE TO ITS RIGHTFUL PLACE AND WIELD TECHNOLOGY’S WONDERS TO RAISE HEALTH CARE’S QUALITY AND LOWER ITS COST.
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WE WILL RESTORE SCIENCE TO ITS RIGHTFUL PLACE AND WIELD TECHNOLOGY’S WONDERS TO RAISE HEALTH CARE’S QUALITY AND LOWER ITS COST.
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DON’T LET YOUR FAILURES DEFINE YOU.
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BUT BY THE END OF TWO YEARS, MOST HAVE EITHER CHANGED CAREERS OR MOVED TO SUBURBAN SCHOOLS
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IT’S IN THE MISERY OF SOME UNNAMED SLUM THAT THE NEXT KILLER VIRUS WILL EMERGE.
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BETTER TO BE STRONG,’ HE [LOLO] SAID…’IF YOU CAN’T BE STRONG, BE CLEVER AND MAKE PEACE WITH SOMEONE WHO’S STRONG. BUT ALWAYS BETTER TO BE STRONG YOURSELF.
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SO, LET US SUMMON A NEW SPIRIT OF PATRIOTISM, OF RESPONSIBILITY, WHERE EACH OF US RESOLVES TO PITCH IN AND WORK HARDER AND LOOK OVER NOT ONLY OURSELVES, BUT EACH OTHER.
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WHAT I COULD NOT SUPPORT WAS “A DUMB WAR, A RASH WAR, A WAR BASED NOT ON REASON BUT ON PASSION, NOT ON PRINCIPLE BUT ON POLITICS”.
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THE BIG HOUSE AND THE NICE SUITS AND THE OTHER THINGS THAT OUR MONEY CULTURE SAYS YOU SHOULD BUY … BETRAYS A POVERTY OF AMBITION.
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WE ARE A PEOPLE OF IMPROBABLE HOPE.
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WHAT MATTERS IS HOW WELL WE HAVE LOVED.
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ALL THIS MARKED THEM AS VAGUELY LIBERAL, ALTHOUGH THEIR IDEAS WOULD NEVER CONGEAL INTO ANYTHING LIKE A FIRM IDEOLOGY; IN THIS, TOO, THEY WERE AMERICAN.
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DOUBTFUL OF WHAT WE CAN ACHIEVE TO PUT THEIR HANDS ON THE ARC OF HISTORY AND BEND IT ONCE MORE TOWARD THE HOPE OF A BETTER DAY.
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WHEN OUR GOVERNMENT IS SPOKEN OF AS SOME MENACING, THREATENING FOREIGN ENTITY, IT IGNORES THE FACT THAT, IN OUR DEMOCRACY, GOVERNMENT IS US.
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I REALIZED THAT IN SOME UNSPOKEN, STILL TENTATIVE WAY, SHE AND I WERE ALREADY BECOMING A FAMILY.
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CHANGE WON’T COME FROM THE TOP, CHANGE WILL COME FROM MOBILIZED GRASSROOTS.
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WHEN I WAS A KID I INHALED FREQUENTLY. THAT WAS THE POINT.
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RELIGIOUS FREEDOM DOESN’T MEAN YOU CAN FORCE OTHERS TO LIVE BY YOUR OWN BELIEFS.
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IN THE END, THAT’S WHAT THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT. DO WE PARTICIPATE IN A POLITICS OF CYNICISM OR A POLITICS OF HOPE?
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IN THE FACE OF OUR COMMON DANGERS, IN THIS WINTR OF OUR HARDSHIP, LET US REMEMBER THESE TIMELESS WORDS. WITH HOPE AND VIRTUE, LET US BRAVE ONCE MORE THE ICY CURRENTS, AND ENDURE WHAT STORMS MAY COME.
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IF THEY BRING A KNIFE TO THE FIGHT, WE BRING A GUN.
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BE CONSCIOUS OF GOD AND SPEAK ALWAYS THE TRUTH,
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THIS IS THE MOMENT WE MUST COME TOGETHER TO SAVE THIS PLANET. LET US RESOLVE THAT WE WILL NOT LEAVE OUR CHILDREN A WORLD WHERE THE OCEANS RISE AND FAMINE SPREADS AND TERRIBLE STORMS DEVASTATE OUR LANDS.
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LET IT BE TOLD TO THE FUTURE WORLD THAT IN THE DEPTH OF WINTER, WHEN NOTHING BUT HOPE AND VIRTUE COULD SURVIVE, THAT THE CITY AND THE COUNTRY, ALARMED AT ONE COMMON DANGER, CAME FORTH TO MEET IT.
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EACH PATH TO KNOWLEDGE INVOLVES DIFFERENT RULES AND THESE RULES ARE NOT INTERCHANGEABLE.
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I’M SO OVEREXPOSED, I’M MAKING PARIS HILTON LOOK LIKE A RECLUSE.
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SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS OUGHT TO STAND SIDE BY SIDE WITH ATHLETES AND ENTERTAINERS AS ROLE MODELS.
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I WISH THE COUNTRY HAD FEWER LAWYERS AND MORE ENGINEERS.
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THERE’S NOBODY TO GUIDE THROUGH THE PROCESS OF BECOMING A MAN… TO EXPLAIN TO THEM THE MEANING OF MANHOOD. AND THAT’S A RECIPE FOR DISASTER.
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I’M THE PRESIDENT, BUT HE’S THE BOSS.
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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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IT WAS AS IF HE HAD COME TO MISTRUST WORDS SOMEHOW. WORDS, AND THE SENTIMENTS WORDS CARRIED.
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FIVE DAYS A WEEK, SHE CAME INTO MY ROOM AT FOUR IN THE MORNING, FORCE
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WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO STOP EVIL IN THE WORLD, BUT HOW WE TREAT ONE ANOTHER IS ENTIRELY UP TO US.
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BUT YOU SEE, A RICH COUNTRY LIKE AMERICA CAN PERHAPS AFFORD TO BE STUPID.
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OVER THE LAST FIFTEEN MONTHS WE’VE TRAVELED TO EVERY CORNER OF THE UNITED STATES. I’VE NOW BEEN TO FIFTY
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THIS VICTORY ALONE IS NOT THE CHANGE WE SEEK; IT IS ONLY THE CHANCE FOR US TO MAKE THAT CHANGE.
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CYNICISM IS A SORRY KIND OF WISDOM.
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I’VE GOT DAUGHTERS. NINE YEARS OLD AND SIX YEARS OLD. FIRST OF ALL, I’M GONNA TEACH THEM ABOUT VALUES AND MORALS. BUT IF THEY MAKE A MISTAKE, I DON’T WANT THEM PUNISHED WITH A BABY.
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WE’VE BEEN WARNED AGAINST OFFERING THE PEOPLE OF THIS NATION FALSE HOPE. BUT IN THE UNLIKELY STORY THAT IS AMERICA, THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANYTHING FALSE ABOUT HOPE.
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MY IDENTITY MIGHT BEGIN WITH THE FACT OF MY RACE, BUT IT DIDN’T, COULDN’T END THERE. AT LEAST THAT’S WHAT I WOULD CHOOSE TO BELIEVE.
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WE CANNOT HELP BUT BELIEVE THAT THE OLD HATREDS SHALL SOMEDAY PASS; THAT THE LINES OF TRIBE SHALL SOON DISSOLVE; THAT AS THE WORLD GROWS SMALLER, OUR COMMON HUMANITY SHALL REVEAL ITSELF…
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ALL TOO RARELY DO I HEAR PEOPLE ASKING JUST WHAT IT IS THAT WE’VE DONE TO MAKE SO MANY CHILDREN’S HEARTS SO HARD, OR WHAT COLLECTIVELY WE MIGHT DO TO RIGHT THEIR MORAL COMPASS
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LET ME TELL YOUR SOMETHING. I’M FROM CHICAGO. I DON’T BREAK.
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I WILL CUT TAXES
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WE WILL OUTSTRETCH THE HAND IF YOU UNCLENCH YOUR FIST.
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IT’S NOT SURPRISING, THEN, THEY GET BITTER, THEY CLING TO GUNS OR RELIGION OR ANTIPATHY TO PEOPLE WHO AREN’T LIKE THEM OR ANTI
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THE TITLE OF REVEREND WRIGHT’S SERMON THAT MORNING WAS THE AUDACITY OF HOPE.
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IT’S ONLY WHEN YOU HITCH YOUR WAGON TO SOMETHING LARGER THAN YOURSELF THAT YOU REALIZE YOUR TRUE POTENTIAL.
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FOR WE KNOW THAT OUR PATCHWORK HERITAGE IS A STRENGTH, NOT A WEAKNESS.
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ALL THE EDUCATION AND GOOD INTENTIONS IN THE WORLD COULDN’T HELP PLUG UP THE HOLES IN THE UNIVERSE OR GIVE YOU THE POWER TO CHANGE ITS BLIND, MINDLESS COURSE.
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THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR NOT TRYING.
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WORDS DO INSPIRE.
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AND IT’S SAFE TO ASSUME THAT THOSE IN POWER WOULD THINK LONGER AND HARDER ABOUT LAUNCHING A WAR IF THEY ENVISIONED THEIR OWN SONS AND DAUGHTERS IN HARM’S WAY.
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TO THOSE AMERICANS WHOSE SUPPORT I HAVE YET TO EARN, I MAY NOT HAVE WON YOUR VOTE TONIGHT, BUT I HEAR YOUR VOICES. I NEED YOUR HELP. AND I WILL BE YOUR PRESIDENT, TOO.
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THE BEST ANTI
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ALTHOUGH THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUALITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN SELF
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MY LITTLE GIRLS CAN BREAK MY HEART. THEY CAN MAKE ME CRY JUST LOOKING AT THEM EATING THEIR STRING BEANS.
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IF THE PEOPLE CANNOT TRUST THEIR GOVERNMENT TO DO THE JOB FOR WHICH IT EXISTS – TO PROTECT THEM AND TO PROMOTE THEIR COMMON WELFARE – ALL ELSE IS LOST.
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WHAT MAKES A MAN IS NOT THE ABILITY TO HAVE A CHILD BUT HAVING THE COURAGE TO RAISE ONE.
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SOMEONE ONCE SAID THAT EVERY MAN IS TRYING TO LIVE UP TO HIS FATHER’S EXPECTATIONS OR MAKE UP FOR THEIR FATHER’S MISTAKES….
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THIS SHIT WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTING IF WE WEREN’T IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.
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YOU HAVE THE ABILITY AND GIFTS TO DO WHATEVER YOU WANT”. IT IS YOUR TURN NOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD. YES WE CAN!
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YOU MIGHT BE LOCKED IN A WORLD NOT OF YOUR OWN MAKING, HER EYES SAID, BUT YOU STILL HAVE A CLAIM ON HOW IT IS SHAPED. YOU STILL HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES.
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IT [IS] THAT COURAGE THAT AFRICA MOST DESPERATELY NEEDS.
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READING IS IMPORTANT. IF YOU KNOW HOW TO READ THEN THE WHOLE WORLD OPENS UP TO YOU
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EACH OF US DESERVES THE FREEDOM TO PURSUE OUR OWN VERSION OF HAPPINESS. NO ONE DESERVES TO BE BULLIED.
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TO THOSE LEADERS AROUND THE GLOBE WHO SEEK TO SOW CONFLICT, OR BLAME THEIR SOCIETY’S ILLS ON THE WEST
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EVEN THE SMALLEST ACT OF SERVICE, THE SIMPLEST ACT OF KINDNESS, IS A WAY TO HONOR THOSE WE LOST; A WAY TO RECLAIM THAT SPIRIT OF UNITY THAT FOLLOWED 9/11.
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AT THE MOMENT THAT WE PERSUADE A CHILD, ANY CHILD, TO CROSS THAT THRESHOLD, THAT MAGIC THRESHOLD INTO A LIBRARY, WE CHANGE THEIR LIVES FOREVER, FOR THE BETTER
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MAKE AWAY OUT OF NO WAY
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I STAND HERE TODAY HUMBLED BY THE TASK BEFORE US, GRATEFUL FOR THE TRUST YOU HAVE BESTOWED, MINDFUL OF THE SACRIFICES BORNE BY OUR ANCESTORS.
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WE NEED TO MAKE PROGRESS ON SOME IMPORTANT ISSUES. TAKE THE SEQUESTER – REPUBLICANS FELL IN LOVE WITH THE WHOLE THING, AND NOW THEY CAN’T STOP TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH THEY HATE IT. IT’S LIKE WE’RE TRAPPED IN A TAYLOR SWIFT ALBUM.
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IN THE UNLIKELY STORY THAT IS AMERICA, THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANYTHING FALSE ABOUT HOPE.
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WHERE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW DOESN’T HAVE TO DETERMINE WHERE YOU’LL END UP
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THE ROLE OF CITIZEN IN A DEMOCRACY DOES NOT END WITH YOUR VOTE.
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IF WE THINK WE CAN JUST USE THE SAME PARTISAN PLAYBOOK WHERE WE JUST CHALLENGE OUR OPPONENT’S PATRIOTISM TO WIN AN ELECTION, THEN THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL LOSE. THE TIMES ARE TOO SERIOUS FOR THIS KIND OF POLITICS.
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IN THE FACE OF IMPOSSIBLE ODDS, PEOPLE WHO LOVE THIS COUNTRY CAN CHANGE IT.
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A NATION THAT CAN’T CONTROL ITS ENERGY SOURCES CAN’T CONTROL ITS FUTURE.
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MONEY IS NOT THE ONLY ANSWER, BUT IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
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AMERICANS STILL BELIEVE IN AN AMERICA WHERE ANYTHING’S POSSIBLE – THEY JUST DON’T THINK THEIR LEADERS DO.
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IF YOU’RE WALKING DOWN THE RIGHT PATH AND YOU’RE WILLING TO KEEP WALKING, EVENTUALLY YOU’LL MAKE PROGRESS.
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CHANGE IS NEVER EASY, BUT ALWAYS POSSIBLE.
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FOCUSSING YOUR LIFE SOLELY ON MAKING A BUCK SHOWS A CERTAIN POVERTY OF AMBITION. IT ASKS TOO LITTLE OF YOURSELF. BECAUSE IT’S ONLY WHEN YOU HITCH YOUR WAGON TO SOMETHING LARGER THAN YOURSELF THAT YOU REALISE YOUR TRUE POTENTIAL.
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MY ADVISORS WERE A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT THE NEW RAP ENTRANCE MUSIC – THEY’RE A LITTLE MORE TRADITIONAL. THEY SUGGESTED I START WITH SOME JOKES AT MY OWN EXPENSE – JUST TO TAKE MYSELF DOWN A PEG. I WAS LIKE, GUYS, GUYS, AFTER FOUR AND A HALF YEARS, HOW MANY PEGS ARE THERE LEFT?”.
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THERE’S NOT A LIBERAL AMERICA AND A CONSERVATIVE AMERICA
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THE FUTURE REWARDS THOSE WHO PRESS ON. I DON’T HAVE TIME TO FEEL SORRY FOR MYSELF. I DON’T HAVE TIME TO COMPLAIN. I’M GOING TO PRESS ON.
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WHAT WE NEED IN WASHINGTON IS NOT MORE POLITICAL TACTICS – WE NEED MORE GOOD IDEAS.
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WE DON’T ASK YOU TO BELIEVE IN OUR ABILITY TO BRING CHANGE, RATHER, WE ASK YOU TO BELIEVE IN YOURS.
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IF YOU’RE WALKING DOWN THE RIGHT PATH AND YOU’RE WILLING TO KEEP ON WALKING, EVENTUALLY YOU’LL MAKE PROGRESS.
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THOSE WHO HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO SERVE THIS COUNTRY HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO DO OUR JOB AS BEST WE CAN… THAT’S WHY DISAGREEMENT CANNOT MEAN DYSFUNCTION… THE AMERICAN PEOPLE’S HOPES AND DREAMS ARE WHAT MATTERS, NOT OURS.
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NOTHING CAN STAND IN THE WAY OF THE POWER OF MILLIONS OF VOICES CALLING FOR CHANGE.
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UNDERSTAND, OUR POLICE OFFICERS PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE FOR US EVERY SINGLE DAY. THEY’VE GOT A TOUGH JOB TO DO TO MAINTAIN PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOLD ACCOUNTABLE THOSE WHO BREAK THE LAW.
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IT’S IMPORTANT TO REALISE I WAS ACTUALLY BLACK BEFORE THE ELECTION.
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FOCUSING YOUR LIFE SOLELY ON MAKING A BUCK SHOWS A POVERTY OF AMBITION. IT ASKS TOO LITTLE OF YOURSELF. AND IT WILL LEAVE YOU UNFULFILLED.
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THE THING ABOUT HIP
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I DON’T WANT TO PIT RED AMERICA AGAINST BLUE AMERICA – I WANT TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
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WHY CAN’T I JUST EAT MY WAFFLE?
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FIXING A BROKEN IMMIGRATION SYSTEM. PROTECTING OUR KIDS FROM GUN VIOLENCE. EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK, PAID LEAVE, RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE. ALL THESE THINGS STILL MATTER TO HARDWORKING FAMILIES; THEY ARE STILL THE RIGHT THING TO DO; AND I WILL NOT LET UP UNTIL THEY GET DONE.
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HOPE IS THE BEDROCK OF THIS NATION; THE BELIEF THAT OUR DESTINY WILL NOT BE WRITTEN FOR US, BUT BY US.
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IT’S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE’RE TALKING WITH EACH OTHER IN A WAY THAT HEALS, NOT IN A WAY THAT WOUNDS.
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WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO RELY ONLY ON OUR MILITARY IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE NATIONAL SECURITY OBJECTIVES THAT WE’VE SET. WE’VE GOT TO HAVE A CIVILIAN NATIONAL SECURITY FORCE THAT’S JUST AS POWERFUL, JUST AS STRONG, JUST AS WELL
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YOU CAN’T LET YOUR FAILURES DEFINE YOU – YOU HAVE TO LET THEM TEACH YOU. YOU HAVE TO LET THEM SHOW YOU WHAT TO DO DIFFERENTLY NEXT TIME.
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OUR STORIES MAY BE SINGULAR, BUT OUR DESTINATION IS SHARED.
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IN THE END, THIS IS WHAT THIS ELECTION’S ABOUT – DO WE PARTICIPATE IN A POLITICS OF CYNICISM OR A POLITICS OF HOPE?
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WHAT WASHINGTON NEEDS IS ADULT SUPERVISION.
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YOU CAN PUT LIPSTICK ON A PIG. IT’S STILL A PIG.
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IT IS TIME TO GIVE IRAQIS THEIR COUNTRY BACK.
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SOME THINGS ARE BEYOND MY CONTROL. FOR EXAMPLE, THIS WHOLE CONTROVERSY ABOUT JAY
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WHILE WE BREATHE, WE WILL HOPE.
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IT TOOK A LOT OF BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY, BUT WE HAVE JUST BEGUN. TODAY WE BEGIN IN EARNEST THE WORK OF MAKING SURE THAT THE WORLD WE LEAVE OUR CHILDREN IS JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN THE ONE WE INHABIT TODAY.
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NOW, WHEN YOU FIRST BECOME PRESIDENT, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS PEOPLE ASK YOU IS, WHAT’S REALLY GOING ON IN AREA 51?” … OH, I THINK I JUST BECAME THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO EVER PUBLICLY MENTION AREA 51… HOW’S THAT?
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CHANGE WE NEED
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WE ARE THE ONES WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR.
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CHANGE WILL NOT COME IF WE WAIT FOR SOME OTHER PERSON, OR IF WE WAIT FOR SOME OTHER TIME. WE ARE THE ONES WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR. WE ARE THE CHANGE THAT WE SEEK.
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THE WORST THING THAT COLONIALISM DID WAS TO CLOUD OUR VIEW OF OUR PAST.
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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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A CHANGE IS BROUGHT ABOUT BECAUSE ORDINARY PEOPLE DO EXTRAORDINARY THINGS.
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A LOT OF SHELTER DOGS ARE MUTTS LIKE ME.
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CHANGE DOESN’T COME FROM WASHINGTON; CHANGE COMES TO WASHINGTON.
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WE ARE THE CHANGE WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR.
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YOU CAN’T LET YOUR FAILURES DEFINE YOU. YOU HAVE TO LET YOUR FAILURES TEACH YOU.
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