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Our higher education system is one of the things that makes America exceptional. There's no place else that has the assets we do when it comes to higher education. People from all over the world aspire to come here and study here. And that is a good thing.

~Barack Obama

Topics: America Aspire Assets Come Education Else Exceptional Good Good Thing Here Higher Higher Education Makes One Of The Things Our Over People Place Study System Thing Things World A Good Thing

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We can't get to the $4 trillion in savings that we need by just cutting the 12 percent of the budget that pays for things like medical research and education funding and food inspectors and the weather service. And we can't just do it by making seniors pay more for Medicare.

~Barack Obama

Topics: Budget Cutting Education Food Funding Get Just Just Do It Like Making Medical Medical Research Medicare More Need Pay Pays Percent Research Savings Seniors Service Things Trillion Weather

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After a century of striving, after a year of debate, after a historic vote, health care reform is no longer an unmet promise. It is the law of the land.

~Barack Obama

Topics: After Care Century Debate Health Health Care Health Care Reform Historic Land Law Longer Promise Reform Striving Vote Year

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When we think of the major threats to our national security, the first to come to mind are nuclear proliferation, rogue states and global terrorism. But another kind of threat lurks beyond our shores, one from nature, not humans - an avian flu pandemic.

~Barack Obama

Topics: Another Beyond Come First Flu Global Humans Kind Lurks Major Mind National National Security Nature Nuclear Our Pandemic Proliferation Rogue Security Shores States Terrorism Think Threat Threats

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There are millions of Americans outside Washington who are tired of stale political arguments and are moving this country forward. They believe, and I believe, that here in America, our success should depend not on accident of birth, but the strength of our work ethic and the scope of our dreams.

~Barack Obama

Topics: Accident America American Argument Believe Birth Country Depend Dreams Ethic Forward Here Millions Moving Our Our Dreams Outside Political Scope Should Stale Strength Success Tired Washington Who Work Work Ethic I Believe I Believe That

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My family, frankly, they weren't folks who went to church every week. My mother was one of the most spiritual people I knew but she didn't raise me in the church, so I came to my Christian faith later in life and it was because the precepts of Jesus Christ spoke to me in terms of the kind of life that I would want to lead.

~Barack Obama

Topics: Because Came Christ Christian Christian Faith Church Every Faith Family Folks Frankly Jesus Jesus Christ Kind Knew Later Lead Life Me Most Mother People Precepts Raise She Spiritual Spoke Terms Want Week Were Who Would I Came

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We all knew this. We all knew that it would take more time than any of us want to dig ourselves out of this hole created by this economic crisis.

~Barack Obama

Topics: Any Created Crisis Dig Economic Economic Crisis Hole Knew More Ourselves Out Take Than Time Us Want Would

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I'm a warrior for the middle class.

~Barack Obama

Topics: Class Middle Middle Class Warrior

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Our brand of democracy is hard. But I can promise that a year from now, when I no longer hold this office, I'll be right there with you as a citizen - inspired by those voices of fairness and vision, of grit and good humor and kindness that have helped America travel so far.

~Barack Obama

Topics: America Brand Citizen Democracy Fairness Far Good Grit Hard Helped Hold Humor Inspired Kindness Longer Now Office Our Promise Right Those Travel Vision Voices Year You I Can

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A mother deserves a day off to care for a sick child or sick parent without running into hardship - and you know what, a father does, too. It's time to do away with workplace policies that belong in a 'Mad Men' episode.

~Barack Obama

Topics: Away Belong Care Child Day Deserves Does Episode Father Hardship Know Mad Mad Men Men Mother Off Parent Policies Running Sick Time Too Without Workplace You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: President

Born: August 4th, 1961

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