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Our destiny is not written for us, but by us.

Our destiny is not written for us, but by us.

Barack Obama
Powerful, Destiny, Politics
First President-Elect Weekly Transition Address, Broadcast 8 November 2008

I am a little jet lagged from my trip to Malaysia...The lengths we have to go to to get CNN coverage these days.

Barack Obama
Cnn, Politics, Littles
"Transcript: Obama remarks at White House Correspondents' Association dinner", www.foxnews.com. May 4, 2014.

We can seize this future together because we are not as divided as our politics suggests.

Barack Obama
Together, Politics, Futures Together
Second Presidential Election Victory Speech, delivered 7 November 2012, McCormick Place Chicago, Illinois

As long as countries like China keep going all in on clean energy, so must we.

Barack Obama
Country, Long, Politics
Fourth Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered 12 February 2013, Washington, D.C.

I have no patience with people who go around blowing up innocent people.

Barack Obama
People, Politics, Innocent

The nation that leads the clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy.

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

The Holy Koran teaches that whoever kills an innocent is as - it is as if he has killed all mankind.

Barack Obama
Politics, Innocent, Holy
'The Rachel Maddow Show', www.nbcnews.com. June 4, 2009.

Washington is a place where good ideas go to die.

Barack Obama
Ideas, America, Politics

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

Barack Obama
People, Politics, Leading Me

Climate change poses a direct threat to the infrastructure of America that we need to stay competitive in this 21st-century economy.

Barack Obama
America, Politics, Climate
Remarks by the President at Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience Meeting, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. July 16, 2014.

The path towards sustainable energy sources will be long and sometimes difficult. But America cannot resist this transition, we must lead it.

Barack Obama
America, Long, Politics
Second Presidential Inaugural Address, delivered 21 January 2013, Washington, D.C.

In sectors like energy, I haven't been arguing for more spending per se; I've been arguing that it doesn't make sense for us to spend $4 billion subsidizing an oil industry that's mature and very profitable. We should be using that money to finance clean energy of the future.

Barack Obama
Oil, Politics, Energy

We will not apologise for our way of life.

Barack Obama
Politics, Way
Inauguration speech, news.bbc.co.uk. January 20, 2009.

The kind of violence, looting, destruction that we saw from a handful of individuals in Baltimore, there's no excuse for that. That's not a statement. That's not politics. That's not activism. That's just criminal behavior.

Barack Obama
Criminals, Politics, Saws
"At This Hour" with Kate Bolduan and John Berman, www.cnn.com. April 29, 2015.

Nobody's madder than me about the website not working as well as it should, which means it's going to get fixed.

Barack Obama
Mean, Health, Politics
"Obama: No 'sugarcoating' problems with health website" by Matt Smith and Tom Cohen, www.cnn.com. October 21, 2013.

I've been to 57 states.

Barack Obama
Politics, States

The fact that my 15 minutes of fame has extended a little longer than 15 minutes is somewhat surprising to me, and a matter of bewilderment for my wife.

Barack Obama
Wife, Politics, Littles
"'Run Obama! Run!' Could this be the next US president?" by Ed Pilkington, www.theguardian.com. December 11, 2006.