I have always believed that what brings us together is stronger than what pulls us apart.

The terrorists do not speak for over a billion Muslims who reject their hateful ideology.

The best judge of whether or not a country is going to develop is how it treats its women

You don't defeat a terrorist network that operates in eighty countries by occupying Iraq.

While the future is unknowable, the winds always blow in the direction of human progress.

Too often, we have failed to enforce international norms when it's inconvenient to do so.

Food Stamp recipients didn't cause the financial crisis; recklessness on Wall Street did.

It's good to get fresh legs in [the White house]. I think that it refreshes our democracy.

There wasn't a time where I felt fearful that I couldn't make the best decisions possible.

I favor legalizing same-sex marriages, and would fight efforts to prohibit such marriages.

If people find that controversial then I would just refer them to the Sermon on the Mount.

No one built this country on their own. This nation is great because we built it together.

America is a country of strong families and strong values. My life's been blessed by both.

We should raise the minimum wage so that no one who works full time has to live in poverty

One of the best investments we can make in a child’s life is high-quality early education.

If we hope to give our children a chance, it's time we start giving our teachers a chance.

We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories.

All the strands of my life came together and I really became a man when I moved to Chicago.

Sometimes people just feel as if we want to try something to see if we can shake things up.

The only people who don't want to disclose the truth are the people with something to hide.

I don't think the Democrats should think in narrow tactical terms about mid-term elections.

This was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal.

You know, I have more than enough to do without having to worry about the financial system.

I've been fighting with Acorn, alongside Acorn, on issues you care about, my entire career.

The sort of seeing cruelty and callousness of that sort from young people is heartbreaking.

Palestinians will never realize their independence by denying the right of Israel to exist.

I don't mind cleaning up the mess that some other folks made, that's what I signed up to do

A man who took history in his hands, and bent the arc of the moral universe toward justice.

We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools.

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

By 2016, the people who had looked to [Barack] Obama for change were looking somewhere else.

I have got to figure out a system because I have bad filing, sorting, and organizing habits.

A budget is more than just a series of numbers on a page; it is an embodiment of our values.

I refuse to condemn your generation and future generations to a planet that's beyond fixing.

Part of what's changed in politics is social media and how people are receiving information.

My administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in government.

Cutting benefits is not the right answer. Raising the retirement age is not the best option.

If you look at Libya, I was deeply concerned about what would happen after Qaddafi was gone.

It was as if he had come to mistrust words somehow. Words, and the sentiments words carried.

No religion is responsible for terrorism. People are responsible for violence and terrorism.

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

The flame of the diya, or lamp, reminds us that light will ultimately triumph over darkness.

Making products we sell around the world, stamped with three proud words, 'Made in the USA!'

That is the true genius of America-a faith in simple dreams, an insistence on small miracles.

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

I know that the politics around trade can be very difficult - especially in an election year.

We have a stake in one another...what binds us together is greater than what drives us apart.

The point is ISIL leaders cannot hide. And our next message to them is simple - you are next.

It is very rare I come to an event where I’m like the fifth or sixth most interesting person.

People will still be looking to the United States. Our example will still carry great weight.

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