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President Obama talks about leaving office with a more prosperous country and creating opportunity for kids. The quotes discuss fiscal challenges, the need for constitutional respect, and the idea of term limits. They also mention talks with Iran and worries about nuclear threats.

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I'm not just a candidate, I'm the President

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“I'm the President, but he's The Boss.”

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“But know this America: we will meet them”

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I am a good president.

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

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As long as I'm President of the United States, Iran will not get a nuclear weapon.

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Donald Trump is uniquely unqualified to be president.

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I'm the president of the United States. I'm not the emperor of the United States.

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As President, Im committed to making Washington work better.

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I have great respect for both President Obama and the office that he holds

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As president of the United States, I don't bluff.

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The first thing I'd do as President is sign the Freedom of Choice Act.

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One thing you learn in this job [being US President] is that even if something's not your fault, you're still responsible. And…

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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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First of all, I think everybody has to acknowledge don't underestimate the guy [Donald Trump], because he's going to be 45th president…

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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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If we have actionable intelligence about high value terrorist targets and President [Pervez] Musharraf will not act, we will.

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I believe in term limits for presidents because I think that there is no doubt I'm a better president now than I…

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We need to find a way forward to make sure that we can stop terrorists while protecting the privacy, and liberty, of…

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My God, Donald Trump is unfit! He's ill-tempered, he's unsuited, he is not qualified, he's unsuited to be president.

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One of the things that I've urged the president-elect to do is to develop a strong working relationship with the intelligence community…

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For now, whether you are young or whether you're young at heart, I do have one final ask of you as your…

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Whenever I look at the history of presidents I deeply admire - the one thing that I'm always struck by is persistence.…

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The president [Barack Obama] understands that the country's very concerned about [terrorism] issue. And I think what you're going to hear from…

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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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How you staff, particularly the chief of staff, the national security adviser, your White House counsel, how you set up a process…

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I'm about to embark on what may be as important as an initiative as anything I do as President, trying to nudge…

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I'll be the first US president to not only visit Kenya and Ethiopia, but also to address the continent as a whole,…

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What I'm thinking about are the millions of people, many of whom write me very personal letters :"Dear Mr. President: I did…

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Rather than me sort of characterize the appropriateness or inappropriateness of what Donald Trump is doing at the moment, I think what…

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We are unique among advanced countries that we don't have universal health care. My hope was that I was able to get…

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The Iranian regime supports violent extremists and challenges us across the region. It pursues a nuclear capability that could spark a dangerous…

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The president does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve…

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No U.S. soldier ever dies in vain because they're carrying out the missions of their commander in chief. And we honor all…

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“Our challenges may be new. The instruments with which we meet them may be new. But those values upon which our success…

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I would not be running for President if I didn't believe with all my heart that this is what the vast majority…

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I'm really excited about the prospect of a woman president of the United States.

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That's the good thing about being President--I can do whatever I want.

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And Joe Biden, thank you for being the best Vice President I could ever hope for.

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You have to have a strong team around you [being a president].

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The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy.

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Nobody is listening to your telephone calls.

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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.

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