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Community colleges play an important role in helping people transition between careers by providing the retooling they need to take on a new career. (Barack Obama)
I think it is important for Europe to understand that even though I am president and George Bush is not president, Al Qaeda is still a threat. View quote
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A nation that can't control its energy sources can't control its future. View quote
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I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying. View quote
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We are the change we have been waiting for. View quote
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As a nuclear power - as the only nuclear power to have used a nuclear weapon - the United States has a moral responsibility to act. View quote
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I just want to go through Central Park and watch folks passing by. Spend the whole day watching people. I miss that. View quote
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I don't care whether you're driving a hybrid or an SUV. If you're headed for a cliff, you have to change direction. That's what the American people called for in November, and that's what we intend to deliver. View quote
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We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity. View quote
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His peaceful resistance shook the foundations of an empire, exposed the emptiness of a repressive ideology, and proved that moral leadership is more powerful than any weapon. View quote
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This is the moment when we must come together to save this planet. Let us resolve that we will not leave our children a world where the oceans rise and famine spreads and terrible storms devastate our lands. (Barack Obama)
Nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change. View quote
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There is probably a perverse pride in my administration... that we were going to do the right thing, even if short-term it was unpopular. And I think anybody who's occupied this office has to remember that success is determined by an intersection in policy and politics and that you can't be neglecting of marketing and P.R. and public opinion. View quote
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In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope? View quote
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With the changing economy, no one has lifetime employment. But community colleges provide lifetime employability. View quote
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At the moment that we persuade a child, any child, to cross that threshold, that magic threshold into a library, we change their lives forever, for the better. View quote
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I don't oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war. View quote
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It's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential. View quote
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And I will do everything that I can as long as I am President of the United States to remind the American people that we are one nation under God, and we may call that God different names but we remain one nation. View quote
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Americans... still believe in an America where anything's possible - they just don't think their leaders do. View quote
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But you see, a rich country like America can perhaps afford to be stupid. (Barack Obama)
I miss Saturday morning, rolling out of bed, not shaving, getting into my car with my girls, driving to the supermarket, squeezing the fruit, getting my car washed, taking walks. View quote
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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 law of the land. View quote
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We all knew this. We all knew that it would take more time than any of us want to dig ourselves out of this hole created by this economic crisis. View quote
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We can't have special interests sitting shotgun. We gotta have middle class families up in front. We don't mind the Republicans joining us. They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back. View quote
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