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We will stand against violence and intimidation. We will stand for the rights and dignity of all human beings.

We will stand against violence and intimidation. We will stand for the rights and dignity of all human beings.

Barack Obama
Rights, Against Violence, Dignity
Third Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered 24 January 2012, Washington, D.C.

We may come from different places and have different stories, but we share common hopes, and one very American dream.

Barack Obama
Dream, Different, Stories
"Obama Delivers Remarks at the Associated Press Annual Meeting". www.washingtonpost.com. April 14, 2008.

I’m convinced that a world in which girls are educated is a safer, more stable, more prosperous place.

Barack Obama
Girl, World, Educated
"Obama: 'Every girl deserves an education'". www.washingtonexaminer.com. March 7, 2015.

Whatever we once were, we are no longer just a Christian nation; we are also a Jewish nation, a Muslim nation, a Buddhist nation, a Hindu nation, and a nation of nonbelievers.

Barack Obama
Christian, Buddhist, Nations
"Obama’s 2006 Speech on Faith and Politics". Barack Obama's keynote at the Call to Renewal's Building a Covenant for a New America conference in Washington, D.C., www.nytimes.com. June 28, 2006.

We know that education is everything to our children's future. We know that they will no longer just compete for good jobs with children from Indiana, but children from India and China and all over the world.

Barack Obama
Education, Jobs, Children
Barack Obama's Father's Day remarks at the Apostolic Church of God in Chicago, www.nytimes.com. June 15, 2008.

I think that I'm a better speechwriter than my speechwriters. I know more about policies on any particular issue than my policy directors. And I'll tell you right now that I'm gonna think I'm a better political director than my political director.

Barack Obama
Thinking, Issues, Political
"Battle Plans" by Ryan Lizza, www.newyorker.com. November 17, 2008.

A brighter future is ours to write. Let’s begin this new chapter — together — and let’s start the work right now.

Barack Obama
Writing, Together, Chapters
Sixth Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered 20 January 2015

No, you can't deny women their basic rights and pretend it's about your 'religious freedom'. If you don't like birth control, don't use it. Religious freedom doesn't mean you can force others to live by your own beliefs.

Barack Obama
Religious, Freedom, Women

I don`t think the Donald Trump`s qualified to be president of the United States, and every time he speaks, that opinion is confirmed.

Barack Obama
Thinking, President, United States
Source: www.msnbc.com

A nation that can't control its energy sources can't control its future.

Barack Obama
Energy, Source, Energy Sources
Barack Obama (2007). “The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream”, p.171, Canongate Books

Gabby Giffords deserves a vote. The families of Newtown deserve a vote. The families of Aurora deserve a vote. The families of Oak Creek, and Tucson, and Blacksburg, and the countless other communities ripped open by gun violence - they deserve a simple vote.

Barack Obama
Gun, Simple, Community
Fourth Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered 12 February 2013, Washington, D.C.

Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. And it will leave you unfulfilled.

Barack Obama
Money, Ambition, Focus
Barack Obama's commencement speech at Northwestern University, www.northwestern.edu. June 19, 2006.

While freedom is a gift from God, it must be secured by his people here on earth.

Barack Obama
People, Earth, Gift From God
Second Presidential Inaugural Address, delivered 21 January 2013, Washington, D.C.

I believe in evolution, scientific inquiry, and global warming; I believe in free speech, whether politically correct or politically incorrect, and I am suspicious of using government to impose anybody's religious beliefs -including my own- on nonbelievers.

Barack Obama
Religious, Believe, Government

Our founders made it extraordinarily difficult to amend the Constitution.

Barack Obama
Constitution, Made, Difficult
Source: www.nbcnews.com

Peace is not merely the absence of visible conflict. Only a just peace based on the inherent rights and dignity of every individual can truly be lasting.

Barack Obama
Peace, Rights, Dignity
Nobel Prize for Peace Acceptance Speech and Lecture, delivered 10 December 2009, Oslo City Hall, Oslo, Norway

The thing about hip-hop today is it's smart, it's insightful. The way they can communicate a complex message in a very short space is remarkable.

Barack Obama
Inspirational, Smart, Space

Any time bombs are used to target civilians it is an act of terror.

Barack Obama
Target, Bombs, Used
"The Boston Bombing and the Failure of the Military/Intelligence Complex" by Renee Parsons, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 17, 2013.

On every continent, there are girls who will go on to change the world in ways we can only imagine, if only we allow them the freedom to dream.

Barack Obama
Girl, Dream, World
Barack Obama's Speech on International Day of the Girl, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. October 10, 2013.

All of us share this world for but a brief moment in time. The question is whether we spend that time focused on what pushes us apart, or whether we commit ourselves to an effort -- a sustained effort -- to find common ground, to focus on the future we seek for our children, and to respect the dignity of all human beings.

Barack Obama
Children, Focus, Effort
A New Beginning: Speech at Cairo University, delivered 4 June 2009, Cairo, Egypt

It betrays a poverty of ambition if all you think about is what goods you can buy instead of what good you can do.

Barack Obama
Ambition, Thinking, Poverty
President Barack Obama's remarks at the commencement ceremony at Century Campus of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. May 19, 2013.

We cannot meet 21st Century challenges with a 20th Century bureaucracy.

Barack Obama
Challenges, Century, Bureaucracy
Democratic National Convention Presidential Nomination Acceptance, delivered 28 August 2008, INVESCO Field at Mile High Stadium, Denver, Colorado

Under my plan of a cap-and-trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket.

Barack Obama
Electricity, Caps, Rate
"Radio Ads Still Relevant In Presidential Campaigns". "All Things Considered" with Brian Naylor, www.npr.org. October 23, 2012.

The Russians can't change us or significantly weaken us. They are a smaller country. They are a weaker country. Their economy doesn't produce anything that anybody wants to buy, except oil and gas and arms. They don't innovate. But they can impact us if we lose track of who we are.

Barack Obama
Country, Track, Economy
Source: www.pbs.org

Writing has been an important exercise to clarify what I believe, what I see, what I care about, what my deepest values are. The process of converting a jumble of thoughts into coherent sentences makes you ask tougher questions.

Barack Obama
Believe, Writing, Exercise
"A UNIQUE MOMENT': Obama to announce first gun steps with Biden this a.m. - POTUS is TIME Person of the Year -- Sen. Portman, Joey Scarborough bday" by Mike Allen, www.politico.com. December 19, 2012.