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„Перемены не настанут, если мы будем ждать помощи от кого-то другого или ждать нужного момента. Ждать нужно только самих себя. Мы сами и есть те перемены, которые нам нужны.“

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„В отличие от тебя, Владимир, я не могу редактировать статью перед ее выходом.“

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на одной из встреч с Владимиром Путиным, 2016
Источник: Esquire. Цитата дня. 29/03/2016. https://esquire.ru/quotes/29032016
Источник: Обама упрекнул Путина в цензуре https://meduza.io/news/2016/03/29/obama-upreknul-putina-v-tsenzure
Источник: Обама упрекнул Путина в наличии цензуры в России https://slon.ru/posts/65914

„Мы облажались.“

Барак Обама

О программе реформирования системы здравоохранения, получившей название Obamacare.
Источник: Esquire. Цитата дня. 30/12/2013. https://esquire.ru/quotes/30122013

„Ни одна страна не должна отказывать людям в праве на свободу слова или свободу вероисповедания. Также ни одна страна не должна лишать людей их прав из-за тех, кого они любят.“

Барак Обама

„Для преодоления кризиса нет быстрых и простых решений.“

Барак Обама

„То, что мой отец черный, как смоль, а мать белая, как молоко, практически никак не отложилось в моем сознании.“

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Барак Обама Цитаты о мужчинах

„В Африке хорошо видно, что разница между деревней, где люди едят, и деревней, где люди голодают, определяется государством. В одной государство работает, в другой — нет. Вот почему меня очень тревожат люди, которые говорят о том, что государство — это враг. Они не понимают его фундаментальной роли.“

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„У меня очень хорошо получается убивать людей.“

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Об использовании беспилотников.
Источник: Esquire. Цитата дня. 05/11/2013. https://esquire.ru/quotes/05112013

„Братья должны подтянуть штаны. Вы идёте рядом с вашей матерью, вашей бабушкой, ваше нижнее белье видно. Вот мое к этому отношение: я думаю, что принимать закон о запрете приспущенных штанов — это пустая трата времени… Но это не значит, что люди не могут проявить определённый здравый смысл и некоторое уважение к другим людям. Вы знаете, некоторые, возможно, не хотят смотреть на ваше нижнее белье, и я являюсь одним из них.“

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Источник: Из интервью телеканалу MTV http://www.nr2.ru/election/204499.html

„Мне бы не хотелось Вас обманывать. Я человек, который живет обычной жизнью, и так случается, что я человек, который совершает ошибки. И вопрос в том, что ты признаешь свои ошибки и учишься на своих ошибках. Поэтому я могу сказать, что я благодарен своим ошибкам за возможность учиться.“

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„Надежда — основа нашей нации, вера в то, что судьба не написана нам, а пишется нами — всеми теми людьми, которые не довольствуются тем миром, который им дан, а осмеливаются сделать мир таким, каким он должен быть.“

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„Исключительной нации нужен исключительный лидер, лидер в лице исключительного президента. И для меня такой человек – президент Барак Обама!“

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30 Января. Джон Керри. Euronews
Об Обаме
Источник: Джон Керри – очевидный выбор http://ru.euronews.com/2013/01/30/kerry-seeks-diplomatic-fortune/

Барак Обама Цитаты о мире

„Моя работа в мусульманском мире состоит в том, чтобы сообщить, что американцы не являются вашими врагами. Иногда мы делаем ошибки. Мы не были совершенными.“

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„Америка друг каждой нации и каждого мужчины, каждой женщины и каждого ребенка, который стремится к мирному и достойному будущему, и мы готовы вести мир вперед опять.“

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Источник: Барак Обама, Афоризмы, 26 Декабря 2014 http://www.aphorism.ru/author/a8042.shtml,

„Огромная честь быть ответственным за самую важную организацию в мире — за правительство США, за нашу армию и за все хорошее, что мы делаем в мире.“

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„Те, кто хочет уничтожить планету, пусть знают, что мы их разгромим. Те, кто стремится к миру и безопасности, пусть знают, что мы их поддержим. Всем тем, кто сомневается в том, что путеводная звезда Америки горит по-прежнему ярко, сегодня вечером мы еще раз доказали, что подлинная сила нашей страны не в мощи нашего оружия, не в размерах нашего богатства, но в непоколебимой силе наших идеалов — демократии, свободы, широты возможностей и неугасаемой надежды.“

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To those who would tear the world down: We will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security: We support you. And to all those who have wondered if America's beacon still burns as bright: Tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope.
речь после победы на выборах 2008
Источник: Переводы речи на iipdigital http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/russian/texttrans/2008/11/20081105160604abretnuh0.5424877.html#axzz4ITZVEp7i

Барак Обама цитаты

„Я не против всех войн, я против тупой войны.“

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О войне

„Иран, Куба, Венесуэла — все это крошечные страны по сравнению с Советским Союзом. Они не представляют для нас такой угрозы, какую представлял Советский Союз. И тем не менее мы готовы были вести переговоры с Советским Союзом даже тогда, когда нам говорили: «Да мы вас с лица земли сотрем».“

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„Я верю, что все гомосексуальные пары заслуживают тех же самых законных прав, как и любая другая пара в этой стране!“

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„По моему опыту, эволюция более обоснованна, чем ангелы.“

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Об ангелах

„Деньги — это возможность распугать конкурентов и побороть свой собственный страх. Деньги не гарантируют победы, но без них ты почти гарантированно проиграешь.“

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О деньгах , О победе , О страхе

„Я — в президенты? Глупости какие. Вы лучше поговорите с моей женой. Мне она постоянно твердит, что я даже с грязными носками не могу управиться.“

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О глупости

„В прошлом году, когда мы и наши союзники тяжело трудились над тем, чтобы наложить санкции, некоторые предполагали, что агрессия господина Путина была примером мастерской стратегии и силы. Ну а сегодня Америка сильна и едина с нашими союзниками, в то время как Россия изолирована, а ее экономика — в клочьях.“

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Источник: Барак Обама: экономика России «разорвана в клочья» http://kommersant.ru/doc/2650648 Коммерсантъ-Новости, 21.01.2014

О силе , О времени , О прошлом

„Лучший способ скрыть свое невежество — помолчать. Однако это не свойственно некоторым публичным людям. Результат один — они становятся предметом всеобщей насмешки.“

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О мужчинах

„Самое главное в политике – не стать циником.“

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„У меня больше не будет предвыборных кампаний. Я знаю это, потому что выиграл обе.“

Барак Обама

Источник: Обама пригрозил республиканцам блокировать неугодные ему решения http://ru.reuters.com/article/topNews/idRUKBN0KU0NR20150121 Рейтерс, 21.01.2014

„корр.: Что ваш брат знает про Россию?
— В доме родителей была русская кассета с каким-то идиотским фильмом, который он смотрел бесконечно. Потом на все вопросы Барак отвечал: «Ку!»“

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Об Обаме

Вопрос , О родителях , О фильмах , О доме

„Три месяца — целая жизнь в политике.“

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О жизни

„Экономика не работает хорошо, когда немногие процветают за счет растущего среднего класса.“

Барак Обама

„Перед выборами я стал действительно черным, как туча.“

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„У нас есть консерваторы в голубых штатах и гей друзья в красных штатах. Есть патриоты, которые против войны в Ираке, а есть те, кто ее поддерживает…“

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О войне

„Мы владеем интернетом. Наши компании его создали, развили и достигли такого уровня совершенства, что они не могут конкурировать с нами.“

Барак Обама

Источник: http://www.cnews.ru/top/2015/02/17/barak_obama_internetom_vladeyut_ssha_592845

О совершенстве , Об интернете

„Нам не удастся легко и быстро выкопать самих себя из ямы, в которой мы находимся. Но Америка — сильная и выносливая страна, и я знаю, что мы добьемся успеха, если сможем оставить в стороне партийные пристрастия и политические разногласия и начать работать вместе как единая нация.“

Барак Обама

Источник: Из выступления Обамы на первой после выборов пресс-конференции http://www.rosbalt.ru/2008/11/08/539792.html

Об успехе

„Не продавайте себя задешево. Вы же сказочники нашего времени.“

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„Я слишком публичен, по сравнению со мной Пэрис Хилтон — просто монашка-отшельница.“

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„Мы по-прежнему больше, чем набор «красных» и «синих» штатов. Мы есть и всегда будем Соединенными Штатами Америки.“

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We remain more than a collection of red states and blue states. We are and forever will be the United States of America.

„Недавно Маккейн назвал меня социалистом за то, что я хочу отменить сокращения налогов, введенные Бушем для богатейших американцев. К концу недели он будет обвинять меня в том, что я являюсь тайным коммунистом, потому что в детском саду я делился игрушками, делился своим бутербродом с ореховым маслом и вареньем.“

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Источник: Выступление Обамы на предвыборном митинге во Флориде http://www.rian.ru/world/20081030/154066061.html

„Осторожнее с тем, что вы постите на Facebook. Что бы это ни было, это еще всплывет когда-нибудь в вашей жизни.“

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О жизни

„Политика стала такой ожесточенной и пристрастной, настолько пропитанной деньгами и влиянием, что мы не можем заняться серьезными проблемами, требующими решения. И это первое, что требуется изменить.“

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О деньгах , О проблемах , О решении

„Если Вы идете верным путем и будете продолжать по нему идти, то в конечном счете добьетесь успеха.“

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Об успехе

„Будучи против тех, кто представляет рынок единственным решением любых экономических проблем, мы начинаем мешать применению рыночных принципов и там, где это необходимо. Сопротивляясь усилению церкви, мы приравняли терпимость к почти полному исключению религии из жизни общества.“

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О жизни , О проблемах , О религии , О решении

„На восстановление экономики уйдут годы, а не месяцы.“

Барак Обама

Источник: citata.com.ua http://citata.com.ua/ru/politic/obama-priznal-chto-spad-v-ekonomike-ssha-prodolzhaetsja.html

„…мы говорим вам сейчас, что наш дух сильнее и не может быть сломан, вы не в состоянии нас изжить, и мы вас победим“

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террористам

„ИГИЛ является прямым наследником «Аль-Каиды» в Ираке, который вырос из нашего вторжения в эту страну.“

Барак Обама

Из интервью телеканалу "Vice News" 17 марта 2015 года.

„Я уже раньше говорил, что считаю своей самой большой внешнеполитической ошибкой интервенцию в Ливии в составе международной коалиции. Страны НАТО поддержали повстанцев, которые вели борьбу с режимом Муаммара Каддафи, но не смогли вовремя обеспечить стабильность и оказать помощь в формировании нового правительства страны.“

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О своих ошибках на посту главы государства

Об ошибках , О помощи , О борьбе

„Соединенные Штаты никогда не будут в состоянии войны с исламом.“

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О войне

„Аннексия Крыма обернётся для России не выгодой, а большими потерями. <…> Путин принял это решение по поводу Крыма и Украины не в силу какого-то грандиозного стратегического плана, а потому что был внезапно захвачен протестами на Майдане и бегством Януковича.“

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Источник: Обама розкритикував Путіна http://www.bbc.co.uk/ukrainian/news_in_brief/2015/02/150202_vs_obama_statements

О решении , О потере , О силе

„И вообще, меня Обама поражает. Ещё совсем недавно чернокожие люди в Америке рабами были, а сегодня уже об исключительности какой-то заявляют.“

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Александр Лукашенко, 2013
Об Обаме
Источник: Esquire. Цитата дня. 03/10/2013. https://esquire.ru/quotes/03102013

О мужчинах

Барак Обама: Цитаты на английском языке

“But the fall of Ramadi has galvanized the Iraqi government. So, with the additional steps I ordered last month, we’re speeding up training of ISIL forces, including volunteers from Sunni tribes in Anbar Province.”

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Obama's White House speech, Later the White House corrected Obama's slip by replacling 'ISIL' by 'Iraqi' https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/07/06/remarks-president-progress-fight-against-isil
YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2NkjNvwuaU
2015

“I do think at a certain point you've made enough money.”

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Remarks by the President on Wall Street Reform in Quincy, Illinois https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-wall-street-reform-quincy-illinois (28 April 2010)
2010

“Whatever we once were, we are no longer a Christian nation — at least, not just; we are also a Jewish nation, a Muslim nation, a Buddhist nation, a Hindu nation, and a nation of nonbelievers.”

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Keynote speech: Call to Renewal's Building a Covenant for a New America conference - Washington, D.C., June 2006. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/28/us/politics/2006obamaspeech.html
Partially quoted out of context as "Whatever we once were, we are no longer a Christian nation." in a Focus on the Family political mailer, reproduced in
2006
Контексте: Moreover, given the increasing diversity of America's population, the dangers of sectarianism have never been greater. Whatever we once were, we are no longer a Christian nation — at least, not just; we are also a Jewish nation, a Muslim nation, a Buddhist nation, a Hindu nation, and a nation of nonbelievers. And even if we did have only Christians in our midst, if we expelled every non-Christian from the United States of America, whose Christianity would we teach in the schools? Would we go with James Dobson's, or Al Sharpton's? Which passages of Scripture should guide our public policy? Should we go with Leviticus, which suggests slavery is ok and that eating shellfish is abomination? How about Deuteronomy, which suggests stoning your child if he strays from the faith? Or should we just stick to the Sermon on the Mount - a passage that is so radical that it's doubtful that our own Defense Department would survive its application? So before we get carried away, let's read our bibles. Folks haven't been reading their bibles.

“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.”

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As quoted in "Barack Obama Answers Your Questions About Gay Marriage, Paying For College, More" at MTV News (1 November 2008) http://www.mtv.com/news/1598407/barack-obama-answers-your-questions-about-gay-marriage-paying-for-college-more/
2008

“To those who would tear the world down: We will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security: We support you. And to all those who have wondered if America's beacon still burns as bright: Tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope.”

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2008, Election victory speech (November 2008)

“It took a man like Madiba to free not just the prisoner, but the jailer as well to show that you must trust others so that they may trust you; to teach that reconciliation is not a matter of ignoring a cruel past, but a means of confronting it with inclusion and generosity and truth.”

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2013, Eulogy of Nelson Mandela (December 2013)

“Today is a big step in our march toward equality. Gay and lesbian couples now have the right to marry, just like anyone else. #LoveWins.”

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President Barack Obama on Twitter at June 26, 2015 https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/614435467120001024
2015

“Responsibility and leadership in the 21st century demand more. In an era when our destiny is shared, power is no longer a zero sum game. No one nation can or should try to dominate another nation. No world order that elevates one nation or group of people over another will succeed. No balance of power among nations will hold.”

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Speech on global challenges http://www.scpr.org/news/2009/09/23/transcript-obama-urges-nations-step/ at the United Nations (27 September 2009)
2009

“Selma teaches us, as well, that action requires that we shed our cynicism. For when it comes to the pursuit of justice, we can afford neither complacency nor despair.”

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2015, Bloody Sunday Speech (March 2015)

“Proudly, the United States has supported democracy and human rights in Cuba through these five decades. We have done so primarily through policies that aimed to isolate the island, preventing the most basic travel and commerce that Americans can enjoy anyplace else. And though this policy has been rooted in the best of intentions, no other nation joins us in imposing these sanctions, and it has had little effect beyond providing the Cuban government with a rationale for restrictions on its people. Today, Cuba is still governed by the Castros and the Communist Party that came to power half a century ago. Neither the American, nor Cuban people are well served by a rigid policy that is rooted in events that took place before most of us were born. Consider that for more than 35 years, we’ve had relations with China –- a far larger country also governed by a Communist Party. Nearly two decades ago, we reestablished relations with Vietnam, where we fought a war that claimed more Americans than any Cold War confrontation.”

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2014, Statement on Cuban policy (December 2014)

“But I believe those human rights are universal. I believe they are the rights of the American people, the Cuban people, and people around the world.”

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2016, Remarks to the People of Cuba (March 2016)
Контексте: I believe that every person should be equal under the law. Every child deserves the dignity that comes with education, and health care and food on the table and a roof over their heads. I believe citizens should be free to speak their mind without fear to organize, and to criticize their government, and to protest peacefully, and that the rule of law should not include arbitrary detentions of people who exercise those rights. I believe that every person should have the freedom to practice their faith peacefully and publicly. And, yes, I believe voters should be able to choose their governments in free and democratic elections. Not everybody agrees with me on this. Not everybody agrees with the American people on this. But I believe those human rights are universal. I believe they are the rights of the American people, the Cuban people, and people around the world.

“Throughout history, Islam has demonstrated through words and deeds the possibilities of religious tolerance and racial equality.”

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2009, A New Beginning (June 2009)

“Investing in people is the single most important thing in the knowledge economy. Traditionally, wealth was defined by land and natural resources. Today the most important resources is between our ears.”

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2014, Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative Town Hall (April 2014)

“Let's try common sense. A novel concept.”

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2010, State Of The Union (January 2010)

“We’re stronger because we’re democracies. We’re not afraid of free and fair elections, because true legitimacy can only come from one source -- and that is the people. We’re not afraid of an independent judiciary, because no one is above the law. We’re not afraid of a free press or vibrant debate or a strong civil society, because leaders must be held accountable. We’re not afraid to let our young people go online to learn and discover and organize, because we know that countries are more successful when citizens are free to think for themselves.”

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2014, Remarks to the People of Estonia (September 2014)

“Islam has always been a part of America's story.”

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2009, A New Beginning (June 2009)

“We also know that centuries of racial discrimination -- of slavery, and subjugation, and Jim Crow -- they didn’t simply vanish with the end of lawful segregation. They didn’t just stop when Dr. King made a speech, or the Voting Rights Act and the Civil Rights Act were signed. Race relations have improved dramatically in my lifetime. Those who deny it are dishonoring the struggles that helped us achieve that progress. But we know -- but, America, we know that bias remains. We know it. Whether you are black or white or Hispanic or Asian or Native American or of Middle Eastern descent, we have all seen this bigotry in our own lives at some point. […] Although most of us do our best to guard against it and teach our children better, none of us is entirely innocent. No institution is entirely immune. And so when African Americans from all walks of life, from different communities across the country, voice a growing despair over what they perceive to be unequal treatment; when study after study shows that whites and people of color experience the criminal justice system differently, so that if you’re black you’re more likely to be pulled over or searched or arrested, more likely to get longer sentences, more likely to get the death penalty for the same crime; when mothers and fathers raise their kids right and have “the talk” about how to respond if stopped by a police officer -- “yes, sir,” “no, sir” -- but still fear that something terrible may happen when their child walks out the door, still fear that kids being stupid and not quite doing things right might end in tragedy -- when all this takes place more than 50 years after the passage of the Civil Rights Act, we cannot simply turn away and dismiss those in peaceful protest as troublemakers or paranoid. We can’t simply dismiss it as a symptom of political correctness or reverse racism. To have your experience denied like that, dismissed by those in authority, dismissed perhaps even by your white friends and coworkers and fellow church members again and again and again -- it hurts. Surely we can see that, all of us.”

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2016, Memorial Service for Fallen Dallas Police Officers (July 2016)

“Mandela taught us the power of action, but he also taught us the power of ideas; the importance of reason and arguments; the need to study not only those who you agree with, but also those who you don’t agree with. He understood that ideas cannot be contained by prison walls, or extinguished by a sniper’s bullet. He turned his trial into an indictment of apartheid because of his eloquence and his passion, but also because of his training as an advocate. He used decades in prison to sharpen his arguments, but also to spread his thirst for knowledge to others in the movement. And he learned the language and the customs of his oppressor so that one day he might better convey to them how their own freedom depend upon his.”

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2013, Eulogy of Nelson Mandela (December 2013)

“Throughout human history, societies have grappled with fundamental questions of how to organize themselves, the proper relationship between the individual and the state, the best means to resolve inevitable conflicts between states. And it was here in Europe, through centuries of struggle -- through war and Enlightenment, repression and revolution -- that a particular set of ideals began to emerge: The belief that through conscience and free will, each of us has the right to live as we choose. The belief that power is derived from the consent of the governed, and that laws and institutions should be established to protect that understanding. And those ideas eventually inspired a band of colonialists across an ocean, and they wrote them into the founding documents that still guide America today, including the simple truth that all men -- and women -- are created equal. But those ideals have also been tested -- here in Europe and around the world. Those ideals have often been threatened by an older, more traditional view of power. This alternative vision argues that ordinary men and women are too small-minded to govern their own affairs, that order and progress can only come when individuals surrender their rights to an all-powerful sovereign. Often, this alternative vision roots itself in the notion that by virtue of race or faith or ethnicity, some are inherently superior to others, and that individual identity must be defined by “us” versus “them,” or that national greatness must flow not by what a people stand for, but by what they are against. In many ways, the history of Europe in the 20th century represented the ongoing clash of these two sets of ideas, both within nations and among nations. The advance of industry and technology outpaced our ability to resolve our differences peacefully, and even among the most civilized of societies, on the surface we saw a descent into barbarism.”

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2014, Address to European Youth (March 2014)

“Nababan: Mr. President, there is a prevailing skepticism that you will be unable to act on your stance to reach out the Muslim world, how do you respond to this?
Obama: Well, actually we made enormous progresses, obviously I made my Cairo speech last year, as it sent a clear message that United States is a friend and a partner with the Muslim world, that we obviously have a determination to defeat terrorism wherever it exists, and we wanna partner with countries to deal with that issue, but we don't want terrorism to defy our relationship to the Muslim nations around the world, we want to build on cooperation on trade, on economic development, on science and technology, on culture, and…so what we've done is all the issues that I outlined in Cairo speech we've made progress all.”

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Interview with Putra Nababan in the White House https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38sFgxBhpkU (March 2010)
2010

“The point is, is that the aim of our work must be not to just have a few do well, but to have everybody have a chance, everybody who is willing to work for it have the ability to dream big and then reach those dreams.”

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2015, Address to the People of India (January 2015)

“Our nations are strongest when we uphold the equality of all our people -- and that includes our women.”

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2015, Address to the People of India (January 2015)
Контексте: Our nations are strongest when we uphold the equality of all our people -- and that includes our women. Now, you may have noticed, I’m married to a very strong and talented woman. Michelle is not afraid to speak her mind, or tell me when I’m wrong -- which happens frequently. And we have two beautiful daughters, so I’m surrounded by smart, strong women. And in raising our girls, we’ve tried to instill in them basic values -- a sense of compassion for others, and respect for themselves, and the confidence that they can go as far as their imaginations and abilities will carry them. [... ] We know from experience that nations are more successful when their women are successful. When girls go to school -- this is one of the most direct measures of whether a nation is going to develop effectively is how it treats its women. When a girl goes to school, it doesn’t just open up her young mind, it benefits all of us -- because maybe someday she’ll start her own business, or invent a new technology, or cure a disease. And when women are able to work, families are healthier, and communities are wealthier, and entire countries are more prosperous. And when young women are educated, then their children are going to be well educated and have more opportunity. So if nations really want to succeed in today’s global economy, they can’t simply ignore the talents of half their people. And as husbands and fathers and brothers, we have to step up -- because every girl’s life matters. Every daughter deserves the same chance as our sons. Every woman should be able to go about her day -- to walk the streets or ride the bus -- and be safe, and be treated with respect and dignity. She deserves that.

“In the coming days, we’ll learn about the victims — young men and women who were studying and learning and working hard, their eyes set on the future, their dreams on what they could make of their lives. And America will wrap everyone who’s grieving with our prayers and our love.
But as I said just a few months ago, and I said a few months before that, and I said each time we see one of these mass shootings, our thoughts and prayers are not enough. It’s not enough. It does not capture the heartache and grief and anger that we should feel. And it does nothing to prevent this carnage from being inflicted someplace else in America — next week, or a couple of months from now.
We don’t yet know why this individual did what he did. And it’s fair to say that anybody who does this has a sickness in their minds, regardless of what they think their motivations may be. But we are not the only country on Earth that has people with mental illnesses or want to do harm to other people. We are the only advanced country on Earth that sees these kinds of mass shootings every few months.
Earlier this year, I answered a question in an interview by saying, “The United States of America is the one advanced nation on Earth in which we do not have sufficient common-sense gun-safety laws — even in the face of repeated mass killings.” And later that day, there was a mass shooting at a movie theater in Lafayette, Louisiana. That day! Somehow this has become routine. The reporting is routine. My response here at this podium ends up being routine. The conversation in the aftermath of it. We’ve become numb to this.
We talked about this after Columbine and Blacksburg, after Tucson, after Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, after Aurora, after Charleston. It cannot be this easy for somebody who wants to inflict harm on other people to get his or her hands on a gun.
And what’s become routine, of course, is the response of those who oppose any kind of common-sense gun legislation.”

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2015, Remarks after the Umpqua Community College shooting (October 2015)

“I believe a government that suppresses peaceful dissent is not showing strength; it is showing weakness and it is showing fear. History shows that regimes who fear their own people will eventually crumble, but strong institutions built on the consent of the governed endure long after any one individual is gone. That's why our strongest leaders -- from George Washington to Nelson Mandela -- have elevated the importance of building strong, democratic institutions over a thirst for perpetual power. Leaders who amend constitutions to stay in office only acknowledge that they failed to build a successful country for their people -- because none of us last forever. It tells us that power is something they cling to for its own sake, rather than for the betterment of those they purport to serve.”

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2015, Remarks to the United Nations General Assembly (September 2015)

“And this brings me to the final area where our nations have to come together -- in our steadfast support for those who reach for their freedom. And, yes, that includes the people of Ukraine. And few understand this better than the Baltic peoples. You know from bitter experience that we can never take our security and liberties for granted. We want Ukrainians to be independent and strong and able to make their own choices free from fear and intimidation, because the more countries are free and strong, and free from intimidation, the more secure our own liberties are.”

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2014, Remarks to the People of Estonia (September 2014)

“Four years ago, I stood in Cairo in front of an audience of young people -- politically, religiously, they must seem a world away. But the things they want, they’re not so different from what the young people here want. They want the ability to make their own decisions and to get an education, get a good job; to worship God in their own way; to get married; to raise a family. The same is true of those young Palestinians that I met with this morning. The same is true for young Palestinians who yearn for a better life in Gaza. That's where peace begins -- not just in the plans of leaders, but in the hearts of people. Not just in some carefully designed process, but in the daily connections -- that sense of empathy that takes place among those who live together in this land and in this sacred city of Jerusalem.”

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Remarks of President Barack Obama To the People of Israel at Jerusalem International Convention Center in Jerusalem, Israel (21 March 2013)
2013

“But at the end of the day, we can have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive parents, and the best schools in the world – and none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your responsibilities. Unless you show up to those schools; pay attention to those teachers; listen to your parents, grandparents and other adults; and put in the hard work it takes to succeed.”

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Arlington, Virginia September 8, 2009
2009, School speech (September 2009)

“Part of our job, together, is to work to reject such extremism that infects too many of our young people. Part of that effort must be a continued rejection by Muslims of those who distort Islam to preach intolerance and promote violence, and it must also a rejection by non-Muslims of the ignorance that equates Islam with terror.”

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Remarks by President Obama to the United Nations General Assembly https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/09/28/remarks-president-obama-united-nations-general-assembly (September 28, 2015)
2015