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Century Quotes by Barack Obama
- We will convey our deep appreciation for the Islamic faith, which has done so much over the centuries to shape the world - including in…
- At the dawn of the 21st century, where knowledge is literally power, where it unlocks the gates of opportunity and success, we all have responsibilities…
- Together, we could open up government and invite citizens in, while connecting all of America to 21st century broadband. We could use technology to help…
- I will set big goals for this country as president - some so large that the technology to reach them does not yet exist.""I will…
- It was basic research in the photoelectric field-in the photoelectric effect that would one day lead to solar panels. It was basic research in physics…
- We've subsidized oil companies for a century. That's long enough. It's time to end the taxpayer giveaways to an industry that rarely has been more…
- It was unknowable then, but so much of the progress that would define the 20th century, on both sides of the Atlantic, came down to…
- When I touched my hand against the Western Wall and placed my prayer between its ancient stones, I thought of all the centuries that the…
- What makes us exceptional, what makes us America is our allegiance to an idea articulated in a declaration made more than two centuries ago. We…
- The idea of America endures. Our destiny remains our choice. And tonight, more than two centuries later, it is because of our people that our…
- But today, just a few years into the twenty-first century, we already find ourselves in a different and precarious position. As revolutions in communications and…
- For in Asia and around the world, India is not simply emerging; India has already emerged. And it is my firm belief that the relationship…
- There's one issue that will define the contours of this century more dramatically than any other, and that is the urgent and growing threat of…
- Specifically, the part where in the early 19th century America reconstituted the U.S. Marine Corps to battle the Islamic Barbary Pirates, though I don't think…
- You don't like a particular policy or a particular president? Then argue for your position. Go out there and win an election. Push to change…
- It's time to fundamentally change the way that we do business in Washington. To help build a new foundation for the 21st century, we need…
- After a century of striving, after a year of debate, after a historic vote, health care reform is no longer an unmet promise. It is…
- The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.
- America thrived in the 20th century because we made high school free. We sent a generation to college. We cultivated the most educated workforce in…
- 21st century businesses will rely on American science, technology, research and development.
- 14 of the 15 warmest years on record have all fallen in the first 15 years of this century.
More Century Quotes
- For centuries, the Muslims were able to co-exist perfectly well with Jews and Christians in the Middle East. — Karen Armstrong
- If we want to create a viable, peaceful world, we've got to integrate compassion into the gritty realities of 21st century life. — Karen Armstrong
- I fully expected that, by the end of the century, we would have achieved substantially more than we actually did. — Neil Armstrong
- John Dalton's records, carefully preserved for a century, were destroyed during the World War II bombing of Manchester. It is not only… — Isaac Asimov
- When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men in pitched… — Chinua Achebe
- When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don't just turn it off one day. — Chinua Achebe
- Once upon a time, novelists of the 19th century, such as Charles Dickens, published in serial form. — Margaret Atwood
- You can examine the whole 19th century from the point of view of who would have maxed out their credit cards. Emma… — Margaret Atwood
- It is not seen as insane when a fighter, under an attack that will inevitable lead to his death, chooses to take… — Emilie Autumn
- The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus… — Lord Acton
- As a great man's influence never ends, so also there is not definite finality, no end, to a great survey; it runs… — Cleveland Abbe
- Kingsley Amis was one of a trio of brilliant comic novelists who made English literature sparkle in the twentieth century. — Russell Baker