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" Now, anybody who thinks that we can move this economy forward with just a few folks at the top doing well, hoping that it's going to trickle down to working people who are running faster and faster just to keep up, you'll never see it. "

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" And that means that no matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise to the American people: If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor, period. If you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan, period. No one will take it away, no matter what. "

Barack Obama

" America's promises do not come with a price tag. We meet our commitments. We bear our burdens. That's one of the reasons why almost every country on Earth sees America as stronger and more respected today than they did eight years ago when I took office. "

Barack Obama

" If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost. "

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" If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help... Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business - you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen. "

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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. "

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" We need to recognize that the situation in Ferguson speaks to broader challenges that we still face as a nation. The fact is, in too many parts of this country, a deep distrust exists between law enforcement and communities of color. Some of this is the result of the legacy of racial discrimination in this country. "

Barack Obama

" The future rewards those who press on. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I'm going to press on. "

Barack Obama

" Let us remember we are all part of one American family. We are united in common values, and that includes belief in equality under the law, basic respect for public order, and the right of peaceful protest. "

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" Immigrants aren't the reason wages haven't gone up enough; those decisions are made in the boardrooms that too often put quarterly earnings over long-term returns. "

Barack Obama

" You have young men of color in many communities who are more likely to end up in jail or in the criminal justice system than they are in a good job or in college. And, you know, part of my job, that I can do, I think, without any potential conflicts, is to get at those root causes. "

Barack Obama

" The Internet didn't get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet. The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together. "

Barack Obama

" Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. "

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" Why can't I just eat my waffle? "

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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. "

Barack Obama

" I'm a Christian by choice. "

Barack Obama

" There's not a liberal America and a conservative America - there's the United States of America. "

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" Now, as a nation, we don't promise equal outcomes, but we were founded on the idea everybody should have an equal opportunity to succeed. No matter who you are, what you look like, where you come from, you can make it. That's an essential promise of America. Where you start should not determine where you end up. "

Barack Obama

" We know that the nation that goes all-in on innovation today will own the global economy tomorrow. This is an edge America cannot surrender. "

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" I will continue to believe that Israel's security is paramount. "

Barack Obama

" When BP was not moving fast enough on claims, we told BP to set aside $20 billion in a fund - managed by an independent third party - to help all those whose lives have been turned upside down by the spill. "

Barack Obama

" We have real enemies in the world. These enemies must be found. They must be pursued and they must be defeated. "

Barack Obama

" Surveys show our standing around the world is higher than when I was elected to this office, and when it comes to every important international issue, people of the world do not look to Beijing or Moscow to lead - they call us. "

Barack Obama

" If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress. "

Barack Obama

" I think one of the great things about the United States has been our ability to maintain a distinction between our military and domestic law enforcement. "

Barack Obama

" If we choose to keep those tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires, if we choose to keep a tax break for corporate jet owners, if we choose to keep tax breaks for oil and gas companies that are making hundreds of billions of dollars, then that means we've got to cut some kids off from getting a college scholarship. "

Barack Obama

" Fixing a broken immigration system. Protecting our kids from gun violence. Equal pay for equal work, paid leave, raising the minimum wage. All these things still matter to hardworking families; they are still the right thing to do; and I will not let up until they get done. "

Barack Obama

" No one is pro-abortion. "

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" It's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations. "

Barack Obama

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

Barack Obama

" In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope? "

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