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I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. I am not in favor of gay marriage. But when you start playing around with constitutions, just to prohibit somebody who cares about another person, it just seems to me that's not what America's about. Usually, our constitutions expand liberties, they don't contract them.

~Barack Obama

Topics: About Am America Another Around Believe Between Cares Constitutions Contract Expand Favor Gay Gay Marriage Just Liberties Man Marriage Me Our Person Playing Prohibit Seems Somebody Start Them Who Who Cares Woman You I Am I Believe

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Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.

~Barack Obama

Topics: Ambition Ask Because Buck Certain Focusing Hitch Larger Life Little Making Only Potential Poverty Realize Shows Solely Something Than Too True Wagon You Your Yourself

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My fellow Americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once, too.

~Barack Obama

Topics: Always American Fellow Immigrants Nation Once Strangers Too Were Will

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Now, as a nation, we don't promise equal outcomes, but we were founded on the idea everybody should have an equal opportunity to succeed. No matter who you are, what you look like, where you come from, you can make it. That's an essential promise of America. Where you start should not determine where you end up.

~Barack Obama

Topics: America Come Determine End Equal Equal Opportunity Essential Everybody Founded Idea Like Look Make Matter Nation Now Opportunity Outcomes Promise Should Start Succeed Up Were Where Who You

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We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.

~Barack Obama

Topics: Excellence Excellent Folks Idea Lot Many Need Spend Time Trying

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If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost.

~Barack Obama

Topics: Cannot Common Else Exists Government Job Lost People Promote Protect Them Trust Welfare Which

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It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, the minimum wage, family leave, health insurance, Social Security, Medicare, retirement plans. The cornerstones of the middle-class security all bear the union label.

~Barack Obama

Topics: Bear Family Granted Health Health Insurance Helped Insurance Label Labor Labor Movement Leave Medicare Middle-Class Minimum Minimum Wage Movement Much Plans Retirement Secure Security Social Social Security Take Take For Granted Today Union Wage Week Work

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In a world of complex threats, our security and leadership depends on all elements of our power - including strong and principled diplomacy.

~Barack Obama

Topics: Complex Depends Diplomacy Elements Including Leadership Our Power Principled Security Strong Threats World

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We need to keep making our streets safer and our criminal justice system fairer - our homeland more secure, our world more peaceful and sustainable for the next generation.

~Barack Obama

Topics: Criminal Criminal Justice Criminal Justice System Fairer Generation Homeland Justice Keep Making More Need Next Next Generation Our Our World Peaceful Safer Secure Streets Sustainable System World

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There is not a liberal America and a conservative America - there is the United States of America. There is not a black America and a white America and latino America and asian America - there's the United States of America.

~Barack Obama

Topics: America Asian Black Conservative Latino Liberal States United United States United States Of America White

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: President

Born: August 4th, 1961

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