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I hoped for something else. It's a simple dream, but it speaks to us so powerfully because it is our dream - one that exists at the very center of the American experience. One that says if you're willing to work hard

I hoped for something else. It's a simple dream, but it speaks to us so powerfully because it is our dream - one that exists at the very center of the American experience. One that says if you're willing to work hard and take responsibility, then you'll have the chance to reach for something else; for something better.

Barack Obama
Inspiring, Dream, Hard Work
Barack Obama (2009). “Barack Obama: Speeches on the Road to the White House”

America is an unlikely place - a country built on defiance of the odds; on a belief in the impossible. And I remind you of this because as you set out to live your own stories of success and achievement, it's now your turn to help keep it this way.

Barack Obama
Inspiring, Country, Odds

For me and Michelle, this visit has therefore held special meaning. Throughout my life, including my work as a young man on behalf of the urban poor, I have always found inspiration in the life of Gandhiji and in his simple and profound lesson to be the change we seek in the world. And just as he summoned Indians to seek their destiny, he influenced champions of equality in my own country, including a young Martin Luther King

Barack Obama
Inspiring, Country, Kings

For in Asia and around the world, India is not simply emerging; India has already emerged. And it is my firm belief that the relationship between the United States and India - bound by our shared interests and values - will be one of the defining partnerships of the 21st century. This is the partnership I have come here to build. This is the vision that our nations can realise together.

Barack Obama
Inspiring, Vision, Together

Just as black anger often proved counterproductive, so have these white resentments distracted attention from the real culprits of the middle class squeeze - a corporate culture rife with inside dealing, questionable accounting practices, and short-term greed.

Barack Obama
Inspiring, Real, Practice
A More Perfect Union, delivered 18 March 2008, Philadelphia, PA

Don't just consume things, create things

Barack Obama

Our hearts are broken today for the parents and grandparents, sisters and brothers of these children and the families of the adults we lost....May god bless the memory of the victims and in the words of scripture heal the broken hearted and bind up their wounds.

Barack Obama
Brother, Children, Memories
"Children and adults gunned down in Connecticut school massacre". news.blogs.cnn.com. December 14, 2012.

When we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together.

Barack Obama
Together, Succeed, Initiative
Barack Obama's speech at a Campaign Event in Roanoke, Virginia, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. July 13, 2012.

We shouldn’t have a bunch of politicians, a majority of whom are men, making health care decisions on behalf of women.

Barack Obama
Men, Decision, Majority
Barack Obama's Remarks to the White House Press Corps, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. August 20, 2012.

There are few things in life that are harder to find and more important to keep than love. Well, love and a birth certificate.

Barack Obama
Things In Life, Important, Birth
Barack Obama's Speech at White House Correspondents' Dinner, www.c-span.org. May 1, 2010.

America does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements.

Barack Obama
America, Israeli Settlements, Doe
First Speech Before the United Nations General Assembly (64th Session), delivered 23 September 2009, New York, NY

We are not a nation that says, 'Don’t ask, don’t tell.' We are a nation that says, 'Out of many, we are one.' We are a nation that welcomes the service of every patriot. We are a nation that believes that all men and women are created equal. Those are the ideals that generations have fought for. Those are the ideals that we upheld today.

Barack Obama
Believe, Men, Generations
FaceBook post by Barack Obama from Dec 22, 2010

I know that there are those who disagree with the overwhelming scientific evidence on climate change. But here's the thing -- even if you doubt the evidence, providing incentives for energy-efficien cy and clean energy are the right thing to do for our future -- because the nation that leads the clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy. And America must be that nation.

Barack Obama
America, Doubt, Energy
First Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered 27 January 2010, Washington, D.C.

This is not class warfare. It’s math.

Barack Obama
Math, Class, Warfare
Barack Obama's Speech on Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. September 19, 2011.

It's time to recognize that under the equal protection clause of the United States [Constitution], same-sex couples should have the same rights as anybody else.

Barack Obama
Sex, Couple, Should Have
"Obama: Axelrod 'mixing up' gay marriage stance" By Jeremy Diamond, Eric Bradner, www.cnn.com. February 11, 2015.

I was a constitutional law professor, which means unlike the current president I actually respect the Constitution.

Barack Obama
Mean, Law, President
"Obama a Constitutional Law Professor?" by Joe Miller, www.factcheck.org. March 28, 2008.

Corporations aren’t people. People are people.

Barack Obama
People, Corporations
Barack Obama's Speech at a Campaign Event, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. May 5, 2012.

We've said to the Iranians all along . . . we still remain open to diplomacy. But it's been very clear that the Iranians don't want to engage with us.

Barack Obama
Want, Said, Diplomacy

We want to see the Iranians engage, and as you know, we have attempted to bring about that engagement over the course of the last three-plus years. It has not proven effective.

Barack Obama
Years, Three, Engagement

That window is closing. . . . Now, the clock is ticking. . . . We're not going to have these talks just drag out in a stalling process. . . . We haven't given away anything - other than the opportunity for us to negotiate

Barack Obama
Opportunity, Clock Is Ticking, Window

Strong countries and strong presidents talk to their adversaries. That's what Kennedy did with Khrushchev. That's what Reagan did with Gorbachev. That's what Nixon did with Mao. I mean think about it. Iran, Cuba, Venezuela - these countries are tiny compared to the Soviet Union. They don't pose a serious threat to us the way the Soviet Union posed a threat to us. And yet we were willing to talk to the Soviet Union at the time when they were saying we're going to wipe you off the planet.

Barack Obama
Country, Strong, Mean
"Mccain’s Newest Ad: Reprising a (Debunked) Lie" by David Corn, www.motherjones.com. October 28, 2008.

The Iranian regime supports violent extremists and challenges us across the region. It pursues a nuclear capability that could spark a dangerous arms race and raise the prospect of a transfer of nuclear know-how to terrorists. Its president denies the Holocaust and threatens to wipe Israel off the map. The danger from Iran is grave, it is real.

Barack Obama
Real, Israel, Iran
"The Iranian Revolution". "Rear Vision" with Annabelle Quince, www.abc.net.au. February 11, 2009.

We're leaving behind a sovereign, stable and self-reliant Iraq with a representative government that was elected by its people. We're building a new partnership between our nations and we are ending a war not with a final battle but with a final march toward home. This is an extraordinary achievement

Barack Obama
War, Home, Government
Remarks by the President and First Lady on the End of the War in Iraq, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. December 14, 2011.

Mr Speaker, Mr Vice President, members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans, last month I went to Andrews Air Force Base and welcomed home some of our last troops to serve in Iraq. Together, we offered a final, proud salute to the colors under which more than a million of our fellow citizens fought, and several thousand gave their lives. We gather tonight knowing that this generation of heroes has made the United States safer and more respected around the world.

Barack Obama
Hero, Home, Knowing
Third Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered 24 January 2012, Washington, D.C.

The only resolution is for the aspirations of both sides to be met through two states, where Israelis and Palestinians each live in peace and security. ... Israelis must acknowledge that just as Israel's right to exist cannot be denied, neither can Palestine's. The United States does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements.

Barack Obama
Israel, Two, Sides
A New Beginning: Speech at Cairo University, delivered 4 June 2009, Cairo, Egypt