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We remember the grind of the insurgency -- the roadside bombs, the sniper fire, the suicide attacks. From the 'triangle of death' to the fight for Ramadi; from Mosul in the north to Basra in the south -- your will

We remember the grind of the insurgency -- the roadside bombs, the sniper fire, the suicide attacks. From the 'triangle of death' to the fight for Ramadi; from Mosul in the north to Basra in the south -- your will proved stronger than the terror of those who tried to break it.

Barack Obama
Suicide, War, Fighting
Obama's Speech to Troops at Fort Bragg, www.nytimes.com. December 14, 2011.

Like no other illness, AIDS tests our ability to put ourselves in someone else's shoes - to empathize with the plight of our fellow man. While most would agree that the AIDS orphan or the transfusion victim or the wronged wife contracted the disease through no fault of their own, it has too often been easy for some to point to the unfaithful husband or the promiscuous youth or the gay man and say This is your fault. You have sinned. I don't think that's a satisfactory response. My faith reminds me that we all are sinners.

Barack Obama
Husband, Gay, Fighting
Barack Obama (2009). “Barack Obama: Speeches on the Road to the White House”

I favor legalizing same-sex marriages, and would fight efforts to prohibit such marriages.

Barack Obama
Sex, Fighting, Gay
"Obama's past statements on same-sex marriage". www.foxnews.com. May 9, 2012.

We stand with women by fighting for economic security, protecting access to health care and supporting women's leadership across the country

Barack Obama
Country, Independent, Fighting

As the wealthiest nation on Earth, I believe the United States has a moral obligation to lead the fight against hunger and malnutrition, and to partner with others.

Barack Obama
Believe, Fighting, Hunger And Poverty
"Obama welcomes Hollande as French president hints at Afghan compromise" by Ewen MacAskill, Patrick Wintour, www.theguardian.com. May 18, 2012.

In the fight against ISIL, we cannot rely on an Assad regime that terrorizes its people; a regime that will never regain the legitimacy it has lost. Instead, we must strengthen the opposition as the best counterweight to extremists like ISIL, while pursuing the political solution necessary to solve Syria's crisis once and for all.

Barack Obama
Islamic, Fighting, People
"US military action in Syria to pose new challenges for Obama administration". Interview with Barney Porter, www.abc.net.au. September 12, 2014.

Our enemies are fully aware that they can use oil as a weapon against America. And if we don't take this threat as seriously as the bombs they build or the guns they buy, we will be fighting the War on Terror with one hand tied behind our back.

Barack Obama
War, Fighting, Gun

Rather than fight the same tired battles that have dominated Washington for decades, it's time to try something new. Let's invest in our people without leaving them a mountain of debt. Let's meet our responsibility to the citizens who sent us here. Let's try common sense.

Barack Obama
Responsibility, Tired, Fighting
First Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered 27 January 2010, Washington, D.C.

I've been fighting with Acorn, alongside Acorn, on issues you care about, my entire career.

Barack Obama
Fighting, Careers, Issues
"Did Obama Lie About Relationship With ACORN?". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. February 22, 2010.

Women can't wait for equal pay. And I won't stop fighting to address this inequality.

Barack Obama
Fighting, Equal Pay, Feminist
"28 Famous Men Who Prove You Don’t Need To Be A Woman To Be A Feminist" By Alanna Vagianos, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 25, 2014.

I think that when it comes to issues of trade, I think it is important for us to be in favor of trade, but I also think it is important to make sure that we are putting in place the labor standards, the environmental standards, that are going to provide some of a fighting chance for American workers.

Barack Obama
Fighting, Thinking, Issues
Source: www.politico.com

It wasn't until about a year, year and a half in where I began to realize that the Pentagon and our national-security apparatus and the CIA were all getting too comfortable with the technology as a tool to fight terrorism, and not being mindful enough about how that technology is being used and the dangers of a form of warfare that is so detached from what is actually happening on the ground. And so we initiated this big process to try to get it in a box.

Barack Obama
Fighting, Technology, Years
Source: www.theatlantic.com

If we win all those fights, and now let's say the income gap, and the wealth gap, and the education gap have for the most part been closed - let's say hypothetically, , first of all, America as a whole would be a lot richer.

Barack Obama
Fighting, Winning, America
Source: www.theatlantic.com

Internationally, I have obviously been deeply concerned about how we fight the terrorist threat.

Barack Obama
Fighting, Threat, Terrorist
Source: www.spiegel.de

We made America more respected around the world, took on the mantle of leadership in the fight to protect this planet for our kids, and much, much more.

Barack Obama
Kids, Fighting, America
Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

There's no way to resolve Syria without Iran being involved, given its financing of Assad and the fact that Hezbollah is probably the most effective fighting force that Assad can count on.

Barack Obama
Fighting, Iran, Hezbollah
Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

My life story is something obviously that belongs to me very personally. And the fact of the matter is that I had choices and chances and opportunities that were provided to me, based on the way I was able to direct my own decision-making. And what I'm working to fight for is to make sure that all women have the ability to do that.

Barack Obama
Fighting, Opportunity, Choices
Source: www.nbcnews.com

We're still fighting to make sure that basic anti-discrimination laws are enforced, not just at the federal level, by the way, but throughout government and throughout the private sector? And those are fights that we can win because - and this is where I do believe America has changed - the majority, not by any means 100 percent, but the majority of Americans believe in the idea of nondiscrimination.

Barack Obama
Believe, Mean, Fighting
Source: www.theatlantic.com

Pastor Saeed Abedini is coming home. Held for three and a half years, his unyielding faith has inspired people around the world in the global fight to uphold freedom of religion. Now Pastor Abedini will return to his church and community in Idaho.

Barack Obama
Home, Fighting, Idaho
Statement by the President on Iran, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. January 17, 2016.

Sometimes we take somebody who's been in the trenches and fought the good fight and been steady for granted. Sometimes we act as if never having done something and not knowing what you're doing is a virtue.

Barack Obama
Fighting, Knowing, Done
"How the Obama Revolution Could Hurt Hillary Clinton" by Charlotte Alter, time.com. July 28, 2016.

I won Iowa not because the demographics dictated that I would win Iowa. It was because I spent 87 days going to every small town and fair and fish fry and BFW Hall, and there were some counties where I might have lost, but maybe I lost by 20 points instead of 50 points. There's some counties maybe I won, that people didn't expect, because people had a chance to see you and listen to you and get a sense of who you stood for and who you were fighting for.

Barack Obama
Fighting, Winning, Iowa
Source: time.com

My conviction is that those fights need to be fought right now and can be won. And if in fact we have finite political capital, energy, resources, we need to win those fights.

Barack Obama
Fighting, Winning, Political
Source: www.theatlantic.com

If everything seems to be the same and no distinctions are made, then we won't know what to protect. We won't know what to fight for.

Barack Obama
Fighting, Made, Distinction
Remarks by President Obama and Chancellor Merkel of Germany in a Joint Press Conference, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. November 17, 2016.