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A child traveling the world may be asked where she’s from, and the quote says she should always be able to answer. Obama’s words link good education, fair trade without child labor, and a future where a zip code doesn’t limit a child’s dreams. They also call for funding, teachers, and technology in classrooms.

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Be the best father you can be to your children. Because nothing is more important.

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I think that people are born with a certain makeup, and that we're all children of God.

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Michelle and I want every child to have the same chance this country gave us.

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Reading makes all other learning possible. We have to get books into our children's hands early and often.

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All of us - we should do everything we can to make sure this country lives up to our children's expectations.

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We want our children to live in a world without the destructive power of a warming planet.

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Any fool can have a child. That doesn't make you a father. It's the courage to raise a child that makes you…

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That's Good.!!! If {_My Daughter_} Make A Mistake. I Don't Want Tham Punished With A Baby 'Barack Obama'

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Our hearts are broken today for the parents and grandparents, sisters and brothers of these children and the families of the adults…

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If you want some additional money for your school, we'll give it to you. But you've got to compete, show us that…

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I've got two daughters and I want to make sure that they have the same opportunities that anybody's sons have. That's part…

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In addition to giving our children the science and math skills they need to compete in the new global context, we should…

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I have seen, the desperation and disorder of the powerless: how it twists the lives of children on the streets of Jakarta…

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The United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al Qaeda and a terrorist who is…

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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…

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Someday, our children, and our children's children, will look at us in the eye and they'll ask us, did we do all…

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I think what is true is that there's been an underlying division in the United States. Some of it has to do…

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It's not enough to celebrate the ideals that we're built on, liberty and justice and equality for all. Those just can't be…

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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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From the first moment a woman dared to speak that hope - dared to believe that the American Dream was meant for…

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Enforcement priorities developed by my administration are not affected by this ruling. This means that the people who might have benefited from…

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The incredible story of progress that is America has always been built by those who ask why, what if, and why not.…

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...I believe deeply that we canot solve the challenges of your time unless we solve them together - unless we perfect our…

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And as husbands and fathers and brothers, we have to step up because every girl's life matters, every daughter deserves the same…

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“I have seen, the desperation and disorder of the powerless: how it twists the lives of children on the streets of Jakarta…

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“If there's a child on the south side of Chicago who can't read, that matters to me, even if it's not my…

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I said to one young activist who herself was the daughter of an undocumented worker, and so could speak from a very…

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The system isn't working when 12 million people live in hiding, and hundreds of thousands cross our borders illegally each year; when…

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America, we cannot turn back. Not with so much work to be done. Not with so many children to educate, and so…

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My job is to communicate to the American people that the Muslim world is filled with extraordinary people who simply want to…

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All of us have a responsibility to work for the day when the mothers of Israelis and Palestinians can see their children…

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When I touched my hand against the Western Wall and placed my prayer between its ancient stones, I thought of all the…

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We must educate our children to become like young Egyptian people.

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We honor those who walked so we could run. We must run so our children soar. And we will not grow weary.

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If we hope to give our children a chance, it's time we start giving our teachers a chance.

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The size of your paycheck shouldn’t determine your child’s future.

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We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future…

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One of the best investments we can make in a child’s life is high-quality early education.

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I refuse to ask students to pay more for college; or kick children out of Head Start programs so those with the…

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One of the best investments we can make in a childs life is high-quality early education.

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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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I can say across Europe that many principles that have been taken for granted here around free speech, and around civil liberties and an…

So Americans understand the costs of war. Yet as a country, we will never tolerate our security being threatened, nor stand idly by when…

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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.

It's good to get fresh legs in [the White house]. I think that it refreshes our democracy.

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