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As I travel around the world, it's fascinating; European leaders, Asian leaders, they all say to me, America is actually poised to be the world leader for another century - if we can fix some of this political

As I travel around the world, it's fascinating; European leaders, Asian leaders, they all say to me, America is actually poised to be the world leader for another century - if we can fix some of this political dysfunction. ... We've got a lot of national security challenges, but if we get our economy together, and if we can get our political system to work well, I am really confident about our future.

Barack Obama
Dysfunction, America, Leader
"OBAMA: 'We Are Not Going To Get A Deal' Without Raising Tax Rates". Interview with Julianna Goldman, www.businessinsider.com. December 4, 2012.

Maybe you could be a great writer - maybe even good enough to write a book or articles in a newspaper - but you might not know it until you write that English paper - that English class paper that's assigned to you.

Barack Obama
Book, Writing, Class
Barack Obama's remarks in a National Address to America's Schoolchildren at the Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. September 8, 2009.

I find it amusing that those who helped to authorize and engineer the biggest foreign policy disaster in our generation are now criticizing me for making sure that we are on the right battlefield and not the wrong battlefield in the war against terrorism.

Barack Obama
War, Our Generation, Generations
"Democrats Debate in the Windy City". www.npr.org. August 8, 2007.

This is America, and our commitment to religious freedom must be unshakeable. The principle that people of all faiths are welcome in this country, and will not be treated differently by their government, is essential to who we are.

Barack Obama
Country, Religious, Commitment
"Obama's mixed message on New York mosque helps no-one" by Richard Adams, www.theguardian.com. August 16, 2010.

I found this national debt doubled, wrapped in a big bow waiting for me as I stepped into the Oval Office.

Barack Obama
Office, Waiting, Debt
"Obama fires up House Democrats to help push through stimulus bill". www.cnn.com. February 6, 2009.

In America, there's a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world.

Barack Obama
Failure, Europe, America
Speech at Strasbourg Town Hall, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. April 3, 2009.

If the critics are right that I've made all my decisions based on polls, then I must not be very good at reading them.

Barack Obama
Reading, Decision, Made
Second Democratic Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech, delivered 6 September 2012, Charlotte, North Carolina

I've said very clearly, including in a State of the Union address, that I'm against 'don't ask, don't tell' and that we're going to end this policy.

Barack Obama
Unions, Addresses, Said
"The Rachel Maddow Show" with Rachel Maddow, www.msnbc.com. October 14, 2010.

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

Barack Obama
Real, Patriotic, Enemy
2004 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, delivered 27 July 2004, Fleet Center, Boston

Our friends at the Republican convention were more than happy to talk about everything they think is wrong with America, but they didn't have much to say about how they'd make it right. They want your vote, but they don't want you to know their plan.

Barack Obama
Thinking, America, Want
Second Democratic Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech, delivered 6 September 2012, Charlotte, North Carolina

I think there are a whole host of things that are civil rights, and then there are other things - such as traditional marriage - that, I think, express a community's concern and regard for a particular institution.

Barack Obama
Thinking, Rights, Community
"Obama in 2004: 'I Don't Think Marriage Is a Civil Right'" by Daniel Halper, www.weeklystandard.com. May 8, 2012.

Unlike my opponent, I will not let oil companies write this country's energy plan, or endanger our coastlines, or collect another $4 billion in corporate welfare from our taxpayers.

Barack Obama
Country, Writing, Oil
Convention Speech, www.npr.org. September 6, 2012.

Michelle and I don't want anyone telling us who our family's doctor should be - and no one should decide that for you either. Under our proposals, if you like your doctor, you keep your doctor. If you like your current insurance, you keep that insurance. Period, end of story.

Barack Obama
Doctors, Stories, Want

To all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces, to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of the world, our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand.

Barack Obama
Leadership, Destiny, Hands
President-Elect Victory Speech, delivered 4 November 2008, Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois

I wonder, sometimes, whether men and women in fact are capable of learning from history--whether we progress from one stage to the next in an upward course or whether we just ride the cycles of boom and bust, war and peace, ascent and decline.

Barack Obama
War, Men, Progress
Barack Obama (2007). “The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream”, p.322, Canongate Books

That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. Our nation is at war, against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred. Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some, but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age. Homes have been lost; jobs shed; businesses shuttered. Our health care is too costly; our schools fail too many; and each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet.

Barack Obama
Jobs, War, Home
First Presidential Inaugural Address, Delivered 20 January 2009

[A]lthough the principle of equality has always been self-evident, it has never been self-executing.

Barack Obama
Self, Principles, Executing

We reject all efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others.

Barack Obama
Religious, Effort, Religion
Barack Obama's speech following attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, www.foxnews.com. September 12, 2012.

We need not throw away 200 years of American jurisprudence while we fight terrorism. We need not choose between our most deeply held values, and keeping this nation safe.

Barack Obama
Fighting, Years, Needs
'Countdown with Keith Olbermann', www.nbcnews.com. June 19, 2008.

So I have known Islam on three continents before coming to the region where it was first revealed

Barack Obama
Muslim Faith, Mind Blowing, Islam
A New Beginning: Speech at Cairo University, delivered 4 June 2009, Cairo, Egypt

Scripture tells us to "run with endurance the race that is set before us." As we do, may God hold close those who’ve been taken from us too soon.

Barack Obama
Running, Morning, Taken
Barack Obama's Speech at Boston Marathon prayer service, www.politico.com. April 18, 2013.

Progress in the most impoverished parts of our world enriches us all.

Barack Obama
Our World, Progress, World
Fourth Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered 12 February 2013, Washington, D.C.

Libraries have a special role to play in our knowledge economy. Your institutions have been and should be a place where parents and children come to read together and learn together. We should take our kids there more.

Barack Obama
Children, Kids, Play

The American people intuitively understand this, which is why the majority of Catholics practice birth control and some of those opposed to gay marriage nevertheless are opposed to a Constitutional amendment to ban it. Religious leadership need not accept such wisdom in counseling their flocks, but they should recognize this wisdom in their politics.

Barack Obama
Religious, Gay, Practice
Barack Obama (2008). “An American Story: The Speeches of Barack Obama : a Primer”, Independent Publishing Group

Before we get too depressed about the state of our politics, let's remember our history ..... Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. What is amazing, is that despite all the conflict, our experiment in democracy has worked better than any form of government on earth

Barack Obama
Witty, Democracies Have, Government