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Barack Obama notes that handling big processes needs a strong team and respect for institutions. He points out that fast‑moving information, like tweets, can be powerful but also risky. He warns that globalization can widen inequality if we don’t watch it carefully.

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We do need to make sure that we have an orderly, lawful immigration process.

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When it comes to immigration, I think Americans expect that our immigration process is orderly and it is legal.

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Going through the legislative process is always better, in part because it's harder to undo.

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We will not engage in an endless process of negotiations.

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That window is closing. . . . Now, the clock is ticking. . . . We're not going to have these talks…

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I have to make the very best judgments I can make in terms of what's gonna keep the American people safe. And…

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My central focus is what are we doing to protect the American people and the American homeland? Afghanistan and Pakistan are critical…

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If we want to really reduce foreign influence on our elections, then we better think about how to make sure that our…

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If people, whether they are conservative or liberal, left or right, are unwilling to compromise and engage in the democratic process, and…

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Our vulnerability to Russia or any other foreign power is directly related to how divided, partisan, dysfunctional our political process is. That's…

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[Donald Trump] is in the process of building up an organization. And well, we'll have to see how that works. And it'll…

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I use a different style if I'm speaking to a big crowd; I can gin up folks pretty well. But when I'm…

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America is governed by rules of law, and those are not ones that the President of the United States or anybody else…

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I think there are a lot of people who are involved in the Tea Party who have very real and sincere concerns…

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We are engaging in the diplomatic efforts that are required within Iraq among the Shia, the Sunni and the Kurd, among friends,…

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That is the true genius of America, a faith in the simple dreams of its people, the insistence on small miracles. That…

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That's where peace begins - not just in the plans of leaders, but in the hearts of people. Not just in some…

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Those are the ladies sitting in church. And in the same way that they might feel a joy and release on Sunday,…

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I've never said that troops should be withdrawn. What I've said is, is that we've got to make sure that we secure…

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Writing has been an important exercise to clarify what I believe, what I see, what I care about, what my deepest values…

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The only time I get frustrated with activist criticism is if I have recognized them, and invited them to work with me…

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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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It wasn't until about a year, year and a half in where I began to realize that the Pentagon and our national-security…

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The quicker you resolve the problems with banks and there's transparency in that process, the faster they recapitalize and are able to…

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We have concerns whenever we see people who have large stockpiles of weapons, or appear to be in the process of accumulating…

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We've gotta restore the American people's confidence in the ethics process by ensuring that political self-interest can no longer prevent politicians from…

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The Russians sought to interfere with the election process - that the cyber hacking that took place by the Russians was part…

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There's nobody to guide through the process of becoming a man... to explain to them the meaning of manhood. And that's a…

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You [as a president] have to have a strong team around you. You have to have respect for institutions and the process…

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In that kind of environment, where there's so much skepticism about information that's coming in, we're gonna have to spend a lot…

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How you staff, particularly the chief of staff, the national security adviser, your White House counsel, how you set up a process…

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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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As I reflect back on what's worked for me in this [presidential] office it's been that I've gotten people who maybe didn't…

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What we can do is to shape how that process of global integration proceeds, so that it's increasing opportunity for ordinary people,…

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There are dangers that globalization increases inequality. There are dangers that because capital is mobile and workers are not, if we are…

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If you don't have good people, and you don't have a good process and you don't have, at some level, the basic…

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I think that there's a power in that [information through tweets and sound bites ]. There's also a danger, what generates a…

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I don't think that there's a hard-and-fast deadline. . . .What we have said all along is that this is not an…

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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…