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Barack Obama says love for country can move mountains, even when odds seem impossible. He urges using technology to tackle the nation’s biggest problems and calls for fair criminal‑justice reforms and stricter gun rules. He also highlights helping refugees and the spirit of campus life.

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“I believe in keeping guns out of our inner cities, and that our leaders must say so in the face of the…

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We can't just drill our way out of the energy and climate challenge that we face.

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Hope - Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty. The audacity of hope!

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Obama said if elected his government would "harness technology to confront the biggest challenges that America faces".

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Let's face it, I like Stanford grads. I'd always hear about this campus, and everybody is riding bikes, and people hopping into…

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In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.

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The Freedom of Information Act should be administered with a clear presumption: In the face of doubt, openness prevails.

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I face the world as it is and cannot stand idle in the face of threats to the American people. For make…

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America, this is our moment. This is our time. Our time to turn the page on the policies of the past. Our…

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You're going to face a choice in November. This is a choice between the policies that got us into this mess in…

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The journey will be difficult. The road will be long. I face this challenge with profound humility, and knowledge of my own…

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The most frustrated and most stymied it is the fact that the United States of America is the one advanced nation on…

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In Indonesia, I had spent two years at a Muslim school, two years at a Catholic school. In the Muslim school, the…

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I think it was not a bad idea to wrap Barack Obama in the mantle of Teddy Roosevelt. He's been assuming a…

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With the magnitude of the challenges we face right now, what we need in Washington are not more political tactics, we need…

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The criminal-justice system is, obviously, the sole source of racial tension in this country [USA] or the key institution to resolving the…

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Since taking office, I've made it clear that the United States was prepared to begin a new chapter of engagement with the…

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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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I've always viewed the Paris Agreement as a starting point. If you look at all the commitments that have been made by…

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Because of you, in Afghanistan we've broken the momentum of the Taliban. Because of you, we've begun a transition to the Afghans…

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The American people are a non-ideological people. They very much are looking for common-sense, practical solutions to the problems that they face.…

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In my heart I know you didn't come here just for me, you came here because you believe in what this country…

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Nobody really thinks that Bush or McCain have a real answer for the challenges we face, so what they're going to try…

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We've come to be consumed by a 24-hour, slash-and-burn, negative ad, bickering, small-minded politics that doesn't move us forward. Sometimes one side…

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Let's face it, Fox News, you'll miss me when I'm gone. It'll be harder to convince the public that Hillary Clinton was…

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The United States is doing our part by increasing the number of refugees we resettle and I want again to commend Angela…

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Each and every time, a new generation has risen up and done what’s needed to be done. Today we are called once…

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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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We remember the specter of sectarian violence -- al Qaeda's attacks on mosques and pilgrims, militias that carried out campaigns of intimidation…

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Hope -- Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty. The audacity of hope! In the end, that…

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The world must come together to confront climate change. There is little scientific dispute that if we do nothing, we will face…

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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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The single biggest threat that we face is a nuclear weapon or some weapon of mass destruction. What that means is that…

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I need you to go out and talk to your friends and talk to your neighbors. I want you to talk to…

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When I touched my hand against the Western Wall and placed my prayer between its ancient stones, I thought of all the…

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I think there is nothing wrong with instituting policies that say that harassment of any form, whether it comes through the Internet…

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How does the saying go? When two locusts fight, it is always the crow that feasts.' Is that a Luo expression?' I…

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This is where I think policies do need to be somewhat race-specific, is making sure that institutions are not discriminatory. So you've…

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If we are going to solve the challenges we face, you need a President who will pursue genuine solutions day in and…

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I believe in keeping guns out of our inner cities, and that our leaders must say so in the face of the…

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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.

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