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Chance Quotes by Barack Obama

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A name that sounds like Osama can change a Senate race, notes Barack Obama. He reflects on how chance gives people choices, how running for office is a risk worth taking, and how closing gaps in education, wealth, and achievement is essential. He also stresses the importance of trade and global climate action.

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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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Without regard to whether some place is wealthy or poor, everybody should have the chance at clean air and clean water.

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This victory alone is not the change we seek; it is only the chance for us to make that change.

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No deal means a greater chance of more war in the Middle East.

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If you run you stand a chance of losing, but if you don't run you've already lost.

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Every life must be given the chance to realize its full potential - that every life matters.

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We have a historic opportunity to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons in Iran, and to do so peacefully, with the international…

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Someday, our children, and our children's children, will look at us in the eye and they'll ask us, did we do all…

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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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What makes us Americans is our shared commitment to an ideal - that all of us are created equal, and all of…

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Here's the truth: even if countries like the United States curb our emissions, if growing countries like India - with soaring energy…

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Fear, uncertainty and discomfort are your compasses toward growth. If you run you stand a chance of losing, but if you don't…

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Across the globe there are girls who will one day lead nations, if only we afford them the chance to choose their…

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John Conyers and I were the ones who wrote the bill that provides for Medicare for all. And, so, even though the…

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I think that when it comes to issues of trade, I think it is important for us to be in favor of…

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You can choose a future where more Americans have the chance to gain the skills they need to compete, no matter how…

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I won Iowa not because the demographics dictated that I would win Iowa. It was because I spent 87 days going to…

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Rand's [Paul] a libertarian. He has a view of the world that I don't share. He said that we shouldn't have any…

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In five days, you can turn the page on policies that put greed and irresponsibility on Wall Street before the hard work…

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And as husbands and fathers and brothers, we have to step up because every girl's life matters, every daughter deserves the same…

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What the American people hope - what they deserve - is for all of us, Democrats and Republicans, to work through our…

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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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It’s not that I want to punish your success. I want to make sure that everybody who is behind you, that they’ve…

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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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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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And if that child should ever get the chance to travel the world and someone should ask her where is she from,…

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The other reason might be that you want to talk to voters when you've got seven primaries in seven days. Understand what's…

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This kind of gaping inequality gives lie to the promise that’s at the very heart of America: that this is a place…

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Senator McCain likes to talk about judgment, but really, what does it say about your judgment when you think George Bush has…

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The true test of the American ideal is whether we're able to recognize our failings and then rise together to meet the…

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When I ran for the U.S. Senate the assumption was that anyone's name that was close to "Osama" doesn't stand a chance.…

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There is a wonderful book called "Gandhi's Truth," by Erik Erikson, the psychologist. It is a great book. And I remember reading…

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I hoped for something else. It's a simple dream, but it speaks to us so powerfully because it is our dream -…

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We've got some fundamental choices to make about the kind of country we want to be. Will we accept an economy where…

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We believe that no matter where you live - whether a village in Punjab or the bylanes of Chandni Chowk...an old section…

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At the dawn of the 21st century, where knowledge is literally power, where it unlocks the gates of opportunity and success, we…

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My life story is something obviously that belongs to me very personally. And the fact of the matter is that I had…

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To me the question right now is: How do I close that first three-quarters of the achievement gap, education gap, wealth gap?…

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We ask for nothing more than the chance to blaze our own trail, and yet each of us is only here because…

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We must build a world free of unnecessary barriers, stereotypes, and discrimination. ... policies must be developed, attitudes must be shaped, and…

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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.

Believe it or not, entertainment is part of our American diplomacy, it is part of what makes us exceptional, part of what makes us…