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Time Quotes by Barack Obama

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Barack Obama talks about building new high‑tech jobs like Twitter and keeping the country good at making things. He says we can work together even when politics looks divided, and that big problems like gun violence need real, long‑term effort. He also warns not to cut core spending such as education.

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When times change, so must we.

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When times get tough, we don't give up. We get up.

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Lord Bendtner is the best player of all times

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America, now is not the time for small plans.

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We are running out of time

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Solyndra is a great investment in our future

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While the future is unknowable, the winds always blow in the direction of human progress.

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After a decade of war, its time to do some nation building here at home.

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We have always understood that when times change, so must we.

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When what you’re doing doesn’t work for 50 years, it’s time to try something new.

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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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We are at a time in our country's history that inclusive language is better than exclusive language.

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I like my quiet time. There is a writer's sensibility in me sometimes, where I step back.

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We live in a complex world and at a challenging time,

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The friendship that we established early on in our marriage ... that carries you through tough times. That and a good sense…

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Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting…

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Whether it's coming from FDR or it's coming from Ronald Reagan, if the idea is right for the times then we're gonna…

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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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Reflecting on his years in prison, Nelson Mandela wrote that there were dark moments that tested his faith in humanity, but he…

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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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I've been struck by how hungry we all are for a different kind of politics. So I've spent some time thinking about…

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We have a choice. We can shape our future, or let events shape it for us. And if we want to succeed,…

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This is not some distant problem of the future. This is a problem that is affecting Americans right now. Whether it means…

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I think it is possible for the world to see a Palestinian state - I'm not going to put a time frame…

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I think that [having not a lot of time sweating the details] can be both a strength and a weakness. I think…

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Oftentimes, misunderstandings and antagonism surfaces most strongly when economic times are tough. And that's not surprising. If everybody is working and feeling…

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Last time I checked, Congress was created to uphold the values of the Constitution, not the Bible and its biased teachings. 'All…

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The American people and the Israeli peoples share a faith in the future and believe that democracies can shape their own destinies…

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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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I'll be honest, there have been times when I've listened to the rhetoric in Europe where an easy equivalent somehow between the…

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When I talked to [Donald Trump] about - our intelligence agencies, what I've said to him is - is that there are…

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“Eventually my rejection of authority spilled into self-indulgence and self-destructiveness, and by the time I enrolled in college, I'd begun to see…

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I am here for my mother and all the Americans who are forced to spend time arguing with health insurance companies instead…

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“I've never been more hopeful about our future. I have never been more hopeful about America. And I ask you to sustain…

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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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“We hang on to our values, even if they seem at times tarnished and worn; even if, as a nation and in…

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There are times where I'd say the Oval Office, you use to gather the facts. The decisions you probably make late at…

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Our goal is to have a country that's not divided by race. And my impression, as I travel around the country, is…

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The worst thing that colonialism did was to cloud our view of our past.

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

As opposed to getting into arguments about, well, these folks have been treated fairly so now we're going to be doing things that, very…

Donald Trump is temperamentally unfit.

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Nobody is listening to your telephone calls.

All of us take offense to anyone who reaps the rewards of living in America without taking on the responsibilities of living in America.…

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

That is another theme in the book [Dreams from My Father]. How do we exercise more empathy in our public discourse? How do we…

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…