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I think what you're seeing is a profound recognition on the part of the American people that gays and lesbians and transgender persons are our brothers, our sisters, our children, our cousins, our friends, our

I think what you're seeing is a profound recognition on the part of the American people that gays and lesbians and transgender persons are our brothers, our sisters, our children, our cousins, our friends, our co-workers, and that they've got to be treated like every other American. And I think that principle will win out.

Barack Obama
Inspirational, Cousin, Brother
News Conference in the East Wing, www.nytimes.com. June 29, 2011.

That is the true genius of America-a faith in simple dreams, an insistence on small miracles.

Barack Obama
Dream, Powerful, Simple
2004 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, delivered 27 July 2004, Fleet Center, Boston

In the midst of economic recovery and global upheaval, disasters like this remind us of the common humanity that we share.

Barack Obama
Powerful, Recovery, Common Humanity
Remarks by the President on the Situation in Japan, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. March 17, 2011.

A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say, 'Huh. It works. It makes sense.'

Barack Obama
Music, Powerful, Pieces

What Reagan ushered in was a skepticism toward government solutions to every problem. I don't think that has changed

Barack Obama
Thinking, Government, Problem

If some of these [Republican] folks were around when Columbus set sail, they must have been founding members of the 'flat earth society.' They would not believe that the world was round.

Barack Obama
Believe, Earth, Columbus

No deal means a greater chance of more war in the Middle East.

Barack Obama
War, Mean, Middle East
Barack Obama's statement on Iran at the White House State Floor in Washington, D.C., obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. July 14, 2015.

If everybody voted, then it would completely change the political map in this country.

Barack Obama
Change, Country, Political
Remarks by the President to the City Club of Cleveland, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. March 18, 2015.

We can seize this future together because we are not as divided as our politics suggests.

Barack Obama
Together, Politics, Futures Together
Second Presidential Election Victory Speech, delivered 7 November 2012, McCormick Place Chicago, Illinois

Occasionally I would like the German people to give us the benefit of the doubt, given our history, as opposed to assuming the worst -- assuming that we have been consistently your strong partners and that we share a common set of values.

Barack Obama
Strong, People, Giving
Remarks by President Obama and Chancellor Merkel in Joint Press Conference, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. February 09, 2015.

It is our generation's task, then, to reignite the true engine of America's economic growth - a rising, thriving middle class.

Barack Obama
Our Generation, Class, America
Fourth Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered 12 February 2013, Washington, D.C.

Keep guns out of inner cities-but also problem of morality.

Barack Obama
Gun, Cities, Morality

We are defined not by our borders but by our bonds.

Barack Obama
Borders, Defined
"CNN Newsroom", www.cnn.com. May 19, 2010.

Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago.

Barack Obama
Pride, Simple, Years
2004 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, delivered 27 July 2004, Fleet Center, Boston

It is the kindness to take in a stranger when the levees break; the selflessness of workers who would rather cut their hours than see a friend lose their job which sees us through our darkest hours. It is the firefighter's courage to storm a stairway filled with smoke, but also a parent's willingness to nurture a child, that finally decides our fate.

Barack Obama
Jobs, Children, Kindness
First Presidential Inaugural Address, Delivered 20 January 2009

For half of the world's population, roughly three billion people around the world living on less than two dollars a day, an election is at best a means, not an end; a starting point, not deliverance. These people are looking less for an "electocracy" than for the basic elements that for most of us define a decent life--food, shelter, electricity, basic health care, education for their children, and the ability to make their way through life without having to endure corruption, violence, or arbitrary power.

Barack Obama
Children, Mean, Two
Barack Obama (2007). “The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream”, p.317, Canongate Books

Young people recognize the big challenges that are coming up.

Barack Obama
People, Challenges, Youth

I am sorry that they are finding themselves in this situation based on assurances they got from me.

Barack Obama
Sorry, Memorable, Situation
"VIDEO: Watch Obama (kinda, sorta) apologize to Americans’ losing their health plans". www.washingtonpost.com. November 7, 2013.

But shouldn't we also quit marketing murder as a game?

Barack Obama
Gun, Games, Marketing
David Axelrod @davidaxelrod, twitter.com. December 17, 2012.

Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science.

Barack Obama
Pro Life, May, Judgment
Second Presidential Inaugural Address, delivered 21 January 2013, Washington, D.C.

I bowled a 129... It was like the Special Olympics or something!

Barack Obama
Stupid, Special, Racist
"'It was like the Special Olympics': Obama has his own Bush moment" by Guy Adams, www.independent.co.uk. March 21, 2009.

[My grandmother] is a typical white person.

Barack Obama
Grandmother, White, Typical

The greatest danger of all is to allow new walls to divide us from one another

Barack Obama
Inspiring, Wall, Danger
Address to the People of Berlin, delivered 24 July 2008, Victory Column

As long as countries like China keep going all in on clean energy, so must we.

Barack Obama
Country, Long, Politics
Fourth Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered 12 February 2013, Washington, D.C.

Look, Americans will go for leadership that makes sense. Our job, you know, as public officials, is not to put our finger in the air. Our job is to listen, and then lead.

Barack Obama
Leadership, Jobs, Air