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From the day I took office, I've been told that addressing our larger challenges is too ambitious; such an effort would be too contentious. I've been told that our political system is too gridlocked, and that we should just put things on hold for a while. For those who make these claims, I have one simple question: How long should we wait? How long should America put its future on hold?

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The genius of the United States is not best or most in its executives or legislatures, nor in its ambassadors or authors or colleges, or churches, or parlors, nor even in its newspapers or inventors, but always most in the common people.

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As I mentioned we have arrested or detained over 1,000 people here in America to determine to find out what they know.

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People trying to separate people rather than bring us together... please. You don't just see it in America. It's all over the world.

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I think it was rather an advantage not having any living poets in England or America in whom one took any particular interest. I don't know what it would be like but I think it would be a rather troublesome distraction to have such a lot of dominating presences, as you call them, about. Fortunately we weren't bothered by each other.

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I think it was rather an advantage not having any living poets in England or America in whom one took any particular interest. I don't know what it would be like but I think it would be a rather troublesome distraction to have such a lot of dominating presences, as you call them, about. Fortunately we weren't bothered by each other.

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America is not civil, whilst Africa is barbarous.

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I equate freedom and peace. And I believe America, given its position in the world, must use our power to promote freedom.

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Republicans in Congress have two choices here: They can act responsibly, and pay America’s bills; or they can act irresponsibly, and put America through another economic crisis. But they will not collect a ransom in exchange for not crashing the American economy.

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The great thing about America is everybody should vote.

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The United States is not, and never will be, at war with Islam.

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America is a fortunate country. She grows by the follies of our European nations.

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There may be some tough times here in America. But this country has gone through tough times before, and we're going to do it again.

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Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.

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The path towards sustainable energy sources will be long and sometimes difficult. But America cannot resist this transition, we must lead it.

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The great trouble with you Americans is that you are still under the influence of that second-rate - shall I say third-rate? - mind, Karl Marx.

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We ask for nothing more than the chance to blaze our own trail, and yet each of us is only here because somebody, somewhere, helped us find our path. That`s part of what makes America exceptional. We are family and we`ll do anything to help each other along the way.

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I worry about a culture that devalues life and believe as your president I have an important obligation to foster and encourage respect for life in America and throughout the world.

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Historically - when you look at how America has evolved, typically we make progress on race relations in fits and starts. We make some progress, and then there's maybe some slippage.

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We must become the United States of America that represents every community, that represents every individual. And we will ultimately become a stronger nation, but right now we are a divided nation.

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