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Barack Obama often talks about why nations distrust Iran, calling its actions meddling. He calls violent terror senseless and beyond reason. He also says he believes people respond to civility and rational argument over time. He mentions that optimism can help heal divisions and that honest debate matters.

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I don't welcome leaks. There's a reason why these programs are classified.

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“I'm an old-fashioned guy. I believe in the Enlightenment, and reason, and logic, and you know, facts.”

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We may never understand what leads anybody to terrorize their fellow human beings. Such violence, such evil is senseless. It's beyond reason.

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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…

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You can't entirely compare between the United States and Greece for a range of reasons, not just because of the size of…

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You're the reason why selfless soldiers won't be kicked out of the military because of who they are or who they love.

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The only reason I send a single young man or woman in uniform anywhere in the world is because I think it's…

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Hillary Clinton has been in politics for the same reason I am - because we can improve other people's lives by doing…

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We should never forget that God granted us the power to reason so that we would do His work here on Earth…

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Iran has made vile comments, anti-Semitic comments, comments about the destruction of Israel. It is precisely for that reason that even before…

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I'm blown away. I'm flabbergasted the president [Barack Obama] made the phone call to Rouhani after 30-plus, '79, 33 years or so.…

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I think part of the reason that I have been successful, though, despite maybe not always fitting my message into the pre-packaged…

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There's a reason why the NRA's not here. They're just down the street. And since this is the main reason they exist,…

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Immigrants aren't the reason wages haven't gone up enough; those decisions are made in the boardrooms that too often put quarterly earnings…

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I don't know about Cricket but still I watch Cricket to see Sachin play..Not because I love his play, its because I…

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Immigration is part of the reason why our economy is stronger and better positioned than most of our other competitors, is because…

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Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns in to universal, rather than religion-specific, values... it requires that their proposals be…

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Israel has legitimate concerns about its security relative to Iran. I mean, you have a large country with a significant military that…

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I was able to excite and engage people who previously hadn't been involved in politics, and part of the reason that I…

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Evil does exist in the world. A non-violent movement could not have halted Hitler's armies. Negotiations cannot convince al Qaeda's leaders to…

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To the extent that our political dialogue is such where everything is under suspicion, everybody is corrupt and everybody is doing things…

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It's the reason why I am always interested in engaging in people who are pushing us and pushing against the status quo.…

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I promised to bring change to Washington. The underlying reason for the economic mess we're in has been building for years. It's…

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In the course of a healthy debate, we prioritize different goals, and the different means of reaching them. But without some common…

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Later, I would realize that the position of most black students in predominantly white colleges was already too tenuous, our identities too…

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If you have a family member who maybe is undocumented, then you have an even greater reason to vote.

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There's no reason why Americans should die when Afghans are perfectly capable of defending their own country.

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I think we want to see new voices and new ideas emerge - that's part of the reason why term limits are…

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I am the eternal optimist. I think that, over time, people respond to civility and -- and rational argument.

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The reason we're governing right now is because we defeated moderate Republicans with moderate Democrats. And people need to be patient about…

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If we have a phased redeployment where we're as careful getting out as we were careless getting in, then there's not reason…

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Immigration keeps this country young, it keeps it dynamic, we have entrepreneurs and strivers who come here and are willing to take…

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There is a reason why George Washington is always one of the top three presidents, and it's not because of his prowess…

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The Gulf States are extraordinarily suspicious of Iran for good reason. They view Iran as meddling in their affairs. They have seen…

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I think every case is different. Every situation is different. People come on the F.B.I.'s radar screen for a variety of reasons…

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The one thing I've said to [Donald Trump] directly, and I would advise my Republican friends in Congress and supporters around the…

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Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to…

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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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The reason I take pride for that is one of the things you worry about when you're in the bubble, and there's…

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I will never forget that the only reason I'm standing here today is because somebody, somewhere stood up for me when it…

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