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[...] we must start by inspiring our children with a sense of purpose...by nurturing their imagination so that they may dream big and then work hard to reach those dreams. Too often, our children spend hours playing

[...] we must start by inspiring our children with a sense of purpose...by nurturing their imagination so that they may dream big and then work hard to reach those dreams. Too often, our children spend hours playing Playstation without ever finding out how to build Playstation. They watch television but never wonder how it's put together. They surf web page after web page on the Internet, but are never taught how to design one.

Barack Obama
Inspiring, Dream, Children

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

Barack Obama
Believe, Israel, Paramount
"Obama tells Al Arabiya peace talks should resume". Interview with Hisham Melhem, www.alarabiya.net. January 27, 2009.

With patient and firm determination, I am going to press on for jobs. I'm going to press on for equality. I'm going to press on for the sake of our children. I'm going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I am going to press on.

Barack Obama
Inspirational, Determination, Jobs
"Obama Tells Congressional Black Caucus To 'Stop Grumbling'" by Zeke Miller, www.businessinsider.com. September 25, 2011.

We've persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi people - a belief that out of the ashes of war, a new beginning could be born in this cradle of civilization. Through this remarkable chapter in the history of the United States and Iraq, we have met our responsibility. Now, it's time to turn the page.

Barack Obama
War, Responsibility, New Beginnings
Address to the Nation on the End of Operation Iraqi Freedom, delivered 31 August 2010, Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C.

I would put our legislative and foreign policy accomplishments in our first two years against any president - with the possible exceptions of Johnson, FDR, and Lincoln - just in terms of what we've gotten done in modern history. But, you know, but when it comes to the economy, we've got a lot more work to do. And we're gonna keep on at it.

Barack Obama
Years, Two, Accomplishment
"Where is America's missing foreign policy?" by Cal Thomas, www.foxnews.com. March 18, 2014.

Those jeans are comfortable, and for those of you who want your president to look great in his tight jeans, I'm sorry I'm not the guy. It just doesn't fit me. I'm not 20.

Barack Obama
Hilarious, Sorry, Jeans

... the fact is it didn't happen in the first month, the first six weeks, in a way that was at all acceptable. And since I'm in charge, obviously, we screwed it up.

Barack Obama
Care, Way, Months
Transcript of President Obama's news conference, www.cnn.com. December 20, 2013.

When we helped prevent the massacre of civilians trapped on a distant mountain, here's what one of them said: "We owe our American friends our lives. Our children will always remember that there was someone who felt our struggle and made a long journey to protect innocent people." That is the difference we make in the world.

Barack Obama
Children, Struggle, Safe Haven
President Obama's Speech on Combating ISIS and Terrorism, www.cnn.com. September 10, 2014.

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

Barack Obama
Hope, Election, Cynicism
Barack Obama (2008). “Yes, We Can”, p.48, BoD – Books on Demand

We can still see God in other people and do our best to help them find their own grace. So that’s what I strive to do and pray to do every day.

Barack Obama
People, Grace, Helping
"President Obama Says: 'We achieve salvation through the grace of God'". blogs.cbn.com. September 28, 2010.

I don't oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war.

Barack Obama
Powerful, War, Dumb
Speech Opposing the War in Iraq at Federal Plaza, delivered 2 October 2002, Chicago, Illinois

I commended Angela [Merkel] for her leadership along with President Hollande in working to resolve the conflict in Ukraine. We continued to stand with the people of Ukraine and for the basic principle that nations have a right to determine their own destiny and we discussed the importance of maintaining sanctions until Russia fully complies with the Minsk Agreement.

Barack Obama
Destiny, Russia, Ukraine
Source: time.com

When I touched my hand against the Western Wall and placed my prayer between its ancient stones, I thought of all the centuries that the children of Israel had longed to return to their ancient homeland. When I went to Sderot and saw the daily struggle to survive in the eyes of an eight-year-old boy who lost his leg to a Hamas rocket, and when I walked among the Hall of Names at Yad Vashem, I was reminded of the existential fear of Israelis when a modern dictator seeks nuclear weapons and threatens to wipe Israel off the face of the map - face of the Earth.

Barack Obama
Prayer, Children, Wall

Cutting benefits is not the right answer. Raising the retirement age is not the best option.

Barack Obama
Retirement, Cutting, Age
"Meet the Press" with Tim Russert, www.nbcnews.com. November 11, 2007.

Race is still a powerful force in this country. Any African American candidate, or any Latino candidate, or Asian candidate or woman candidate confronts a higher threshold in establishing himself to the voters ... Are some voters not going to vote for me because I'm African American? Those are the same voters who probably wouldn't vote for me because of my politics.

Barack Obama
Country, Powerful, Race

Politics didn't lead me to working people. Working people led me into politics.

Barack Obama
People, Politics, Leading Me

I'm especially grateful that they're here at a time when the rest of Ireland is focused on the final round of the Six Nations rugby tournament and the last match of the legendary Brian O'Driscoll.

Barack Obama
Grateful, Finals, Lasts

What we shouldn't be doing is trying to take away your rights to bargain for better wages or working conditions... These so-called "right to work" laws, they don't have to do with economics; they have everything to do with politics. What they're really talking about is giving you the right to work for less money.

Barack Obama
Rights, Talking, Law
Barack Obama's remarks at the Daimler Detroit Diesel Plant in Redford, Michigan, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. December 10, 2012.

The theater is necessary. Dance is necessary. Song is necessary. The arts are necessary- they are a necessary part of our lives

Barack Obama
Song, Art, Theater
"Obama's split lip gives him 'superfluous' trouble at Kennedy honors", www.cnn.com. December 6, 2010.

Rather than double-down on the top-down economics that let a fortunate few play by their own rules, let’s embrace an economic patriotism that says we rise or fall together, as one nation, and as one people.

Barack Obama
Fall, Top Down, Play
"Ex-Senators Paid To Help Multibillion-Dollar Company Evade Corporate Income Taxes" By Shadee Ashtari, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 13, 2014.

And when it comes to developing the high standards we need, it's time to stop working against our teachers and start working with them. Teachers don't go in to education to get rich. They don't go in to education because they don't believe in their children. They want their children to succeed, but we've got to give them the tools. Invest in early childhood education. Invest in our teachers and our children will succeed.

Barack Obama
Education, Teacher, Children
"Pay teachers more money & treat them like professionals". Barack Obama's speech at the Take Back America 2007 Conference in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the Campaign for America's Future, www.ontheissues.org. June 19, 2007.

...as parents, we have to find the time and the energy to step in and help our children love reading. We can read to them, talk to them about what they're reading, and make time for this by turning off the television set ourselves. Libraries are a critical tool to help parents do this.

Barack Obama
Children, Reading, Kids

No discrimination, that's what we're about as a country.

Barack Obama
Country, Discrimination
Source: www.nbcnews.com

Congress has become so dysfunctional that more and more of a burden is placed on the agencies to fill in the gaps. And the gaps get bigger and bigger because they're not constantly refreshed and tweaked.

Barack Obama
Agency, Gaps, Burden
"NPR's Exit Interview With President Obama". Interview with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. December 19, 2016.

All too rarely do I hear people asking just what it is that we've done to make so many children's hearts so hard, or what collectively we might do to right their moral compass - what values we must live by.

Barack Obama
Children, Heart, People
Barack Obama (2007). “Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance”, p.438, Broadway Books