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America Quotes by Barack Obama

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America thrived in the 20th century because we made high school free. The quotes praise education, climate responsibility, and the need to keep the nation great while reducing debt and inequality. They also call for unity, urging people to believe in their own power to shape the future.

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America will rise again. And hope will rise again.

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I believe when women succeed America succeeds!

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America at its best is inclusive and not exclusive.

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I think that America has to stand with democracy.

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“But know this America: we will meet them”

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America, now is not the time for small plans.

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When friends are in trouble, America Helps.

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Change has come to America.

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[America] will stand steadfast with Israel in pursuit of security and a lasting peace.

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John Kerry believes in an America where hard work is rewarded.

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You can't change Washington from the inside, you can only change it from the outside.

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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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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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But you see, a rich country like America can perhaps afford to be stupid.

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“America, we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there is so much more to do.”

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I have become a symbol of the possibility of America returning to our best traditions.

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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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America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles of justice and…

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Hillary Clinton was an outstanding secretary of state. She would never intentionally put America in any kind of jeopardy.

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Since 2010, America has put more people back to work than Europe, Japan, and all advanced economies combined.

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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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“Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are serious and they are many. They will not…

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To ensure prosperity here at home and peace abroad, we all share the belief we have to maintain the strongest military on…

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To restore America's competitiveness, we must recruit a new generation of science and technology leaders by investing in diversity.

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America is the student who defies the odds to become the first in a family to go to college - the citizen…

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Let's take the money that we've been spending on war over the last decade to rebuild America, roads, bridges schools. We do…

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There is not a liberal America and a conservative America - there is the United States of America. There is not a…

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We're still fighting to make sure that basic anti-discrimination laws are enforced, not just at the federal level, by the way, but…

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In America, we're getting too comfortable with our ability to take kinetic strikes around the world without having enough process to avoid…

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I want people around the world to hear me. To all those who would do us harm, no act of terror will…

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The president and the executive branch are always going to have greater latitude and greater authority when it comes to protecting America…

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More fundamentally, this kind of gaping inequality gives lie to the promise at the very heart of America: that this is the…

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Tonight, somewhere in America, a young person, let's say a young man, will struggle to fall to sleep, wrestling alone with a…

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We've got to make sure that we rebuild the infrastructure in America, because we used to be - have the best bridges,…

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And to all those who have wondered if Americas beacon still burns as bright - tonight we proved once more that the…

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America is not the crude stereotype of a self-interested empire. The United States has been one of the greatest sources of progress…

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I haven't been sorting through each and every aspect of this. Here's what I know: Hillary Clinton was an outstanding Secretary of…

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We know the battle ahead will be long, but always remember that no matter what obstacles stand in our way, nothing can…

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In recent years, we've become enamored with our own past success. Lulled into complacency by the glitter of our own achievements. We've…

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This country of ours has more wealth than any nation, but that's not what makes us rich. We have the most powerful…

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The world is complicated and full of grays, but there's still truth there to be found.

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We had a farewell dinner for some of my senior staff, and generally everybody likes to talk about how cool I was.

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Believe it or not, entertainment is part of our American diplomacy, it is part of what makes us exceptional, part of what makes us…