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The world is complicated, says Obama, yet truth still hides within its gray areas. He points out that free education helped America thrive and that the United States now must lead the fight against climate change. He also notes that people feel uncertain about their place in the world today.

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If Iran cheats, the world will know it.

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Your voice can change the world.

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[White House is] the finest prison in the world.

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Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.

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The best anti-poverty program is a world-class education.

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

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The dollar is the reserve currency of the world.

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For the world has changed, and we must change with it

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The cyber world is sort of the Wild, Wild West, and to some degree, we're asked to be the sheriff.

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Every major world religion has identified marriage as between a man and a woman.

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I think we all know that world owes an enormous debt to Greece and the Greek people.

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We consume about 25 percent of the world's oil. We only have 2 percent of the reserves.

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If you go out and make some things happen, you will fill the world with hope.

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There are people in Iran who have the same aspirations as people all around the world for a better life.

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My hope is that more and more investors around the world see an opportunity to do business in Greece.

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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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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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In America, we're getting too comfortable with our ability to take kinetic strikes around the world without having enough process to avoid…

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There is enough oil out there for world demand. It is true that a lot of what's driving oil prices up right…

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Hope is the bedrock of this nation. The belief that our destiny will not be written for us, but by us, by…

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I think it is important first of all that the president of the United States underscores our commitment to partnering with countries…

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We have a rare chance to pursue a new path, a different, better future that delivers progress for both our peoples and…

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The more freely information flows, the stronger the society becomes, because then citizens of countries around the world can hold their own…

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It is possible for leaders or regimes to be cruel, bigoted, twisted in their world views and still make rational calculations with…

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As Commander in Chief, I will maintain the strongest military in the world, keep faith with our troops and go after those…

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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 was always amused that people were either skeptical or surprised that I would choose a Hillary Clinton as a secretary of…

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I want people around the world to hear me. To all those who would do us harm, no act of terror will…

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When we send our young men and women into harm's way, we have a solemn obligation not to fudge the numbers or…

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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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In dealing with those nations that break rules and laws, I believe that we must develop alternatives to violence that are tough…

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When this crisis began, crucial decisions about what would happen to some of the world's biggest companies - companies employing tens of…

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America is not the crude stereotype of a self-interested empire. The United States has been one of the greatest sources of progress…

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This country of ours has more wealth than any nation, but that's not what makes us rich. We have the most powerful…

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Americans have always pursued our dreams within a free market that has been the engine of our progress. It's a market that…

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There is no military solution to the war in Iraq. Our troops can help suppress the violence, but they cannot solve its…

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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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In the wake of 9/11, my meetings with Arab and Pakistani Americans, for example, have a more urgent quality, for the stories…

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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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Hope is not blind optimism. It's not ignoring the enormity of the task ahead or the roadblocks that stand in our path.…

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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…

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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…