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A middle‑class family illustrates the make‑or‑break moment described in the quotes about the economy. They also note that LGBT rights still need work despite progress, and they remind readers to understand the foundations of a healthy democracy through active citizenship.

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Issues are never simple. One thing I'm proud of is that very rarely will you hear me simplify the issues.

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Any so-called leader who does not take this issue (climate change) seriously or treats it like a joke is not fit to…

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I think that dealing with guns is one way to handle the violent-crime issues that we have in this country.

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The issue of climate change is one that we ignore at our own peril

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I've been fighting with Acorn, alongside Acorn, on issues you care about, my entire career.

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What is portrayed as high-minded positions on issues sometimes is just designed to carve out some of their commercial interests.

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Of course I have got concerns. Donald Trump and I differ on a whole bunch of issues.

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To try to blackmail a president into giving them some concessions on issues that have nothing to do with the budget.

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What is true, though, is now we've got a bunch of videos that whatever side of the issue you're on, raises the…

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I think that the issues we have with science these days are not restricted to what's happening with respect to religion. There…

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One of the things I advised Donald Trump to do was to make sure that, before he commits to certain courses of…

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This book [Dreams from My Father] was more of a reflection on my public life, now as a U.S. senator and before…

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One of the things I've learned about being president is that we'll work on issues for long periods of time, sometimes in…

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How Donald Trump reaches out to groups that may not have supported him, how he signals his interest in their issues or…

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The number of Americans killed since 9/11 by terrorism, it's less than 100. If you look at the number that have been…

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Their [the evangelicals'] success also points to a hunger for the product they are selling, a hunger that goes beyond any particular…

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When you see a Donald Trump and a Bernie Sanders, very unconventional candidates, have considerable success, then obviously there's something there that's…

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One of the issues the Democrats have to be clear on is the given population distribution across the country. We have to…

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I think we can provide common-sense approaches to the issue of illegal guns that are ending up on the streets. We can…

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One of the gratifying things, I think, about the end of my presidency even though admittedly my successor ran against a lot…

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As I've said many times, the nuclear deal was never intended to resolve all of our differences with Iran. But still, engaging…

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Now, at times this issue has tended to degenerate into an 'either-or' type of debate. Either we protect our people from terror…

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Our efforts will only be effective if ordinary citizens in other countries have confidence that the United States respects their privacy too.…

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When you're out of work and you can't buy a home or you've lost your home and you're worried about paying your…

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I am a fierce supporter of domestic-partnership and civil-union laws. I am not a supporter of gay marriage as it has been…

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The issue of climate change is one that we ignore at our own peril. There may still be disputes about exactly how…

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When we were working on immigration reform and there was a young Latino man, young immigration activist here who, in the Roosevelt…

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There have been times where, let's say on LGBT issues, when we were trying to end Don't Ask, Don't Tell, and I…

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In the Muslim world, this notion that somehow everything is the fault of the Israelis lacks balance - because there's two sides…

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The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.

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On issues like Ukraine, on issues like Syria, we've had very significant differences [with Russia].

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You have to be involved in terms of what's happening in your local neighborhood and what issues are there.

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A lot of the issues that I see, it is not an either-or situation.

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Governor, the problem is that on a whole range of issues, the Middle East, Afghanistan, Iraq...you've been all over the map.

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Here in Europe, I think that there are a lot of young people who forget the issues that were at stake during…

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To look at the issue of life and abortion, actually we're moving in that direction where most Americans oppose most abortions.

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I am confident that we will one day end the scourge of modern slavery, because I believe in those committed to this…

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I think that where I've gotten frustrated during the course of my presidency has never been because I was getting pushed too…

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We have to have better intelligence. We have to have better interdiction capabilities. And so the issue is not how much we…

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I think that there's no doubt that as I see friends, families, children of gay couples who are thriving, you know, that…

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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…

I want to thank the Greek people publicly for their humanitarian response to the crisis of so many migrants and refugees seeking safety in…

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…