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Barack Obama

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Barack Obama praises the service of men and women in uniform for helping end wars, and he highlights peaceful power transitions as a key sign of democracy. He calls out unfairness when people enjoy America’s rewards without taking responsibilities, and he reminds us that the world is full of gray areas but still holds truth.

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Barack Hussein Obama II is an American politician who was the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017.

Quick Facts About Barack Obama

Notable works: Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

About Barack Obama

He was the first African American to hold the presidency and was a member of the Democratic Party. Before becoming president, Obama served as a United States senator for Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.

Quotes by Barack Obama

“Change we need”

Change

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I've been to 57 states.

Inspirational

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I am a good president.

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The window is closing.

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Please proceed, Governor.

Election

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Democracy is hard work.

Democracy

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make away out of no way

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No one is pro-abortion.

Abortion

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Corporations aren't people. People are people!

Corporations

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Degrade and ultimately destroy ISIL

Counter terrorism

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Yes, we can. Yes, we can change. Yes, we can.

Change

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Why can't I just eat my waffle?

Food

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We are not at war against Islam.

Islam

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“It is harder to end a war, than begin one.”

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America, now is not the time for small plans.

America

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Campaigning is different from governing.

Campaigning

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Reverend Wright has been my friend and mentor for over 20 years.

Friendship

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Even limited military actions end up carrying with them great costs and unintended consequences.

Action

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If I did not love America, I wouldn't have moved here from Kenya.

America

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Our goal is to have a country that's not divided by race.

Country

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Long before being nerdy was cool, there was Leonard Nimoy.

Funny

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I will support Iraqis and Syrians fighting to reclaim their communities.

Community

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We know that America thrives when every person can find independence and pride in their work.

America

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We start this new year in the midst of an economic crisis unlike we have seen in our lifetime.

Crisis

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Sustaining the energy and focus involved in doing a good job I think starts to gets tougher the longer you do it.

Energy

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America is a nation of immigrants. And so the question is, how do we make legal immigration faster, less bureaucratic, cut the…

America

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The Warren Court wasn't that radical. It didn't break free from the essential constraints that were placed by the founding fathers in…

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I just want to repeat that there's nothing that we've proposed that would make it harder for you to purchase a firearm.

Amendment

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I've got a grocery bill at the end of every month.Our toothpaste, our orange juice, that all gets paid. But I -…

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As president, I decided that a strong, confident America could advance our national security by engaging directly with the Iranian government. We've…

America

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My first job as commander in chief is to keep the American people safe, and that's what we've done over the last…

American people

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We cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass; that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve; that as…

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Torture is how you create enemies, not how you defeat them... Torture is how you get bad information, not good intelligence. Torture…

America

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Where we get into problems, typically, is when our personal religious faith, or the community of faith that we participate in, tips…

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This is something that I'm sure I'd have serious debates with my fellow Christians about. I think that the difficult thing about…

Belief

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The United States often finds itself in a situation where if it goes in militarily then it is criticized for going in…

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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…

Action

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I believe in evolution, scientific inquiry, and global warming; I believe in free speech, whether politically correct or politically incorrect, and I…

Belief

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“If Latinos sit out the election instead of saying, ‘We’re gonna punish our enemies and we’re gonna reward our friends who stand…

Friendship

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Undocumented workers can't report if they're not being paid overtime, or if their health and safety laws are being violated, of if…

Advantage

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