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I actually think, when you're young, ambitions are somewhat common - you want to prove yourself. It may grow out of different life experiences. You may want to prove that you are worthy of the admiration of the

I actually think, when you're young, ambitions are somewhat common - you want to prove yourself. It may grow out of different life experiences. You may want to prove that you are worthy of the admiration of the demanding father. You may want to prove that you are worthy of the love of an absent father.

Barack Obama
Father, Ambition, Thinking
Source: www.vanityfair.com

You know, sometimes I'll go to an 8th-grade graduation and there's all that pomp and circumstance and gowns and flowers. And I think to myself, it's just 8th grade ... An 8th-grade education doesn't cut it today. Let's give them a handshake and tell them to get their butts back in the library!

Barack Obama
Flower, Cutting, Thinking

Any so-called leader who does not take this issue (climate change) seriously or treats it like a joke is not fit to lead

Barack Obama
Issues, Leader, Climate

I am asking my Attorney General to create a special unit of federal prosecutors and leading state attorneys general to expand our investigations into the abusive lending and packaging of risky mortgages that led to the housing crisis. This new unit will hold accountable those who broke the law, speed assistance to homeowners, and help turn the page on an era of recklessness that hurt so many Americans.

Barack Obama
Hurt, Law, Special
Third Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered 24 January 2012, Washington, D.C.

I'm really excited about the prospect of a woman president of the United States.

Barack Obama
President, United States, Excited
Source: www.nbcnews.com

The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation.

Barack Obama
Military, President, Doe
"It's too easy for presidents to go to war" by Julian Zelizer, www.cnn.com. March 28, 2011.

My administration doesn’t have any secrets, and from now on, neither will you.

Barack Obama
Secret, Administration

The Greek people are entrepreneurial.

Barack Obama
People, Greek, Entrepreneurial
Source: time.com

I would say of all the things that have happened during the course of my presidency the knowledge that you have hundreds of thousands of people who have been killed, millions who have been displaced, [makes me] ask myself what might I have done differently along the course of the last five, six years.

Barack Obama
Years, People, Done
Source: www.vanityfair.com

Whatever we once were, we are no longer a Christian nation

Barack Obama
Christian, Mind Blowing, Islam
"Anti-Obama Mail Piece: ‘We Are No Longer a Christian Nation’" by Peter Hamby, politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com. October 31, 2012.

I believe in the redemptive death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Barack Obama
Jesus, Believe, Resurrection
Interview with Sarah Pulliam, Ted Olsen, www.christianitytoday.com. January 23, 2008.

I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.

Barack Obama
Responsibility, Fighting, Mind Blowing
A New Beginning: Speech at Cairo University, delivered 4 June 2009, Cairo, Egypt

America remains the one indispensable nation. And the world needs a strong America.

Barack Obama
Strong, America, Needs
Source: genius.com

What I’ve realized is that life doesn’t count for much unless you’re willing to do your small part to leave our children — all of our children — a better world. Any fool can have a child. That doesn’t make you a father. It’s the courage to raise a child that makes you a father.

Barack Obama
Children, Father, World

We want our children to live in an America...that isn't threatened by the destructive power of a warming planet.

Barack Obama
Children, World, Want
Barack Obama's re-election speech in Chicago, www.bbc.com. November 7, 2012.

Because of you, in Afghanistan we've broken the momentum of the Taliban. Because of you, we've begun a transition to the Afghans that will allow us to bring our troops home from there. And around the globe, as we draw down in Iraq, we have gone after al Qaeda so that terrorists who threaten America will have no safe haven, and Osama bin Laden will never again walk the face of this Earth.

Barack Obama
War, Home, Safe Haven
Obama's Speech to Troops at Fort Bragg, www.nytimes.com. December 14, 2011.

And, you know, I don’t want to have to worry that she is going to get sick as the consequence of having, having her lunch.

Barack Obama
Lunch, Sick, Worry
"Interview with President Barack Obama". "NBC Today Show" with Matt Lauer, archives.nbclearn.com. February 2, 2009.

My first job is to say thank you to those who voted me. Those who didn't, I'm going to get your vote next time.

Barack Obama
Jobs, Thankfulness, Next

Never read Who Moved My Cheese in the workplace when you can read The Joy of Not Working.

Barack Obama
Joy, Advice, Cheese

[T]hese tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans are also the tax cuts that are least likely to promote growth.

Barack Obama
Cutting, Growth, Taxes

Here's the truth: the Soviet Union had thousands of nuclear weapons, and Iran doesn't have a single one. But when the world was on the brink of nuclear holocaust, Kennedy talked to Khrushchev and he got those missiles out of Cuba. Why shouldn't we have the same courage and the confidence to talk to our enemies? That's what strong countries do, that's what strong presidents do, that's what I'll do when I'm president of the United States of America.

Barack Obama
Country, Strong, Iran
"Obama on Iran: What's McCain afraid of?". www.politico.com. May 19, 2008.

To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.

Barack Obama
Hands, Deceit, Fists
First Presidential Inaugural Address, Delivered 20 January 2009

No country should deny people their rights because of who they love, which is why we must stand up for the rights of gays and lesbians everywhere.

Barack Obama
Country, Gay, Rights
"Florida Gay GOP Group Publishes Ad Claiming to Show Slain U.S. Ambassador" by Ian Gray, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 12, 2012.

It was the call of workers who organized; women who reached for the ballot; a President who chose the moon as our new frontier; and a King who took us to the mountain top and pointed the way to the Promised Land. Yes we can!

Barack Obama
Kings, Moon, Land
Barack Obama, (2008). “Change We Can Believe In”, p.222, Canongate Books

America is number one in wind power.

Barack Obama
Wind, Numbers, America
Sixth Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered 20 January 2015