Quotes 101 till 118 of 118.
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Take off your bedroom slippers. Put on your marching shoes," he said, his voice rising as applause and cheers mounted. "Shake it off. Stop complainin'. Stop grumblin'. Stop cryin'. We are going to press on. We have work to do.
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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.
Source: Speech DNC, 2004 -
The change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things.
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The essential truth of democracy is that each nation determines its own destiny.
Source: Ghana, 11 July 2009 -
The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.
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The United States is not, and never will be, at war with Islam
Source: Speech UN 24-09-2014 -
There is not a liberal America and a conservative America — there is the United States of America. There is not a Black America and a White America and Latino America and Asian America — there's the United States of America.
Source: Speech DNC, 2004 -
There was no such thing as Al Qaeda in Iraq, until George Bush and John McCain decided to invade Iraq.
Source: Opmerking in Ohia State (27 febr. 2008) -
Tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope.
Source: Speech Chicago 04-11-2008 -
Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency.
Source: Op eerste dag president, 21 jan. 2009 -
We know the battle ahead will be long, but always remember that no matter what obstacles stand in our way, nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.
Source: New Hampshire Primary Night (8 Jan. 2008) -
We proved that we are still a people capable of doing big things and tackling our biggest challenges.
Source: Speech ObamaCare, 2010-03-21 -
When President Barack Obama is trying to persuade Americans not to do something, he has a go-to line: 'That's not who we are.' Whether the issue involves discrimination, immigration, torture, criminal violence or health care, he invokes the nation's very identity.
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When the Soviet Union fell, optimistic scholars believed the world had shifted inexorably in the direction of free markets and liberal democracy. Instead, the West gradually embraced bigger government and weaker social bonds, creating a fragmented society in which the only thing we all belong to, as President Barack Obama puts it, is the state.
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While the evidence tells me that the death penalty does little to deter crime, I believe there are some crimes- mass murder, the rape and murder of a child- so heinous, so beyond the pale, that the community is justified in expressing the full measure of its outrage by meting out the ultimate punishment.
Source: The Audacity of Hope (2006) -
Why can't I just eat my waffle?
Source: Antwoord tegen journalist tijdens campagne 2008
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