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I'm the president of the United States. I'm not the emperor of the United States.

~Barack Obama

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In the white community, the path to a more perfect union means acknowledging that what ails the African-American community does not just exist in the minds of black people; that the legacy of discrimination - and current incidents of discrimination, while less overt than in the past - are real and must be addressed.

~Barack Obama

Topics: Acknowledging African-American Black Community Current Discrimination Does Exist In The Past Incidents Just Legacy Less Means Minds More Must Past Path People Perfect Real Than Union While White

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The Internet didn't get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet. The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together.

~Barack Obama

Topics: Also Because Companies Could Created Get Government Individual Initiative Internet Invented Make Money Off Our Own Point Research Succeed Things Together

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If we choose to keep those tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires, if we choose to keep a tax break for corporate jet owners, if we choose to keep tax breaks for oil and gas companies that are making hundreds of billions of dollars, then that means we've got to cut some kids off from getting a college scholarship.

~Barack Obama

Topics: Billionaires Billions Billions Of Dollars Break Breaks Choose College Companies Corporate Cut Dollars Gas Getting Got Hundreds Jet Keep Kids Making Means Millionaires Off Oil Owners Scholarship Some Tax Tax Breaks Then Those

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This is the moment when we must come together to save this planet. Let us resolve that we will not leave our children a world where the oceans rise and famine spreads and terrible storms devastate our lands.

~Barack Obama

Topics: Children Come Famine Lands Leave Let Us Moment Must Oceans Our Planet Resolve Rise Save Spreads Storms Terrible Together Us Where Will World

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In December, I agreed to extend the tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans because it was the only way I could prevent a tax hike on middle-class Americans. But we cannot afford $1 trillion worth of tax cuts for every millionaire and billionaire in our society. We can't afford it. And I refuse to renew them again.

~Barack Obama

Topics: Afford Again Agreed American Because Billionaire Cannot Could Cuts December Every Extend Hike Middle-Class Millionaire Only Our Prevent Refuse Renew Society Tax Tax Cuts Them Trillion Way We Cannot Worth

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We've persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi people - a belief that out of the ashes of war, a new beginning could be born in this cradle of civilization. Through this remarkable chapter in the history of the United States and Iraq, we have met our responsibility. Now, it's time to turn the page.

~Barack Obama

Topics: Ashes Because Beginning Belief Born Chapter Civilization Could Cradle History Iraq Iraqi Iraqi People Met New New Beginning Now Our Out Page People Remarkable Responsibility Share States The History Of Through Time Turn United United States War

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To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefully. The more politically active black students. The foreign students. The Chicanos. The Marxist professors and structural feminists and punk-rock performance poets.

~Barack Obama

Topics: Active Avoid Being Black Carefully Chose Feminists Foreign Friends Marxist Mistaken More Performance Poets Politically Professors Sellout Structural Students

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We need to recognize that the situation in Ferguson speaks to broader challenges that we still face as a nation. The fact is, in too many parts of this country, a deep distrust exists between law enforcement and communities of color. Some of this is the result of the legacy of racial discrimination in this country.

~Barack Obama

Topics: Between Broader Challenges Color Communities Country Deep Discrimination Distrust Enforcement Exists Face Fact Law Law Enforcement Legacy Many Nation Need Parts Racial Recognize Result Situation Some Speaks Still Too

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Today we are engaged in a deadly global struggle for those who would intimidate, torture, and murder people for exercising the most basic freedoms. If we are to win this struggle and spread those freedoms, we must keep our own moral compass pointed in a true direction.

~Barack Obama

Topics: Basic Compass Deadly Direction Engaged Exercising Freedoms Global Intimidate Keep Moral Moral Compass Most Must Our Own People Pointed Spread Struggle Those Today Torture True Who Win Would

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: President

Born: August 4th, 1961

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