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Cynicism is a sorry kind of wisdom.

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I'm confident that America's foreign policy rebalance to the region will endure beyond my presidency because it's in the national interest of the United States.

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I absolutely think that when we talk about family, faith, community, I think it's important for Democrats to be able to connect with folks where they live.

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[Fall of the Berlin Wall] is a reminder that the commitment of the United States, to Europe is enduring and it's rooted in the values we share; our commitment to democracy, our commitment to rule of law, our commitment to the dignity of all people in our own countries and around the world.

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We, the people, still believe that every citizen deserves a basic measure of security and dignity.

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If you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan.

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Peace is far more preferable to war. [...] I believe that peace is the only path to true security. [...] And there is no question that the only path to peace is through negotiations .

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So just to be clear, I'm not going to sign any package that somehow prevents the top rate from going up for folks at the top 2 percent.

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I'm especially grateful that they're here at a time when the rest of Ireland is focused on the final round of the Six Nations rugby tournament and the last match of the legendary Brian O'Driscoll.

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After my election there was talk of a postracial America. And such a vision, however well intended, was never realistic.

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The president of the United States is supposed to lead the free world and not follow it. Other nations have been more outspoken. So, I hope that we'll hear more of this because young men and women taking to the streets in Tehran need our support. The signs are in English. They're basically asking for us to speak up on their behalf.

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Writing has been an important exercise to clarify what I believe, what I see, what I care about, what my deepest values are. The process of converting a jumble of thoughts into coherent sentences makes you ask tougher questions.

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Hunger, disease and poverty can lead to global instability and leave a vacuum for extremism to fill. So instead of just managing poverty, we must offer nations and people a pathway out of poverty. And as president I've made development a pillar of our foreign policy, alongside diplomacy and defense.

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The best judge of whether or not a country is going to develop is how it treats its women. If it's educating its girls, if women have equal rights, that country is going to move forward. But if women are oppressed and abused and illiterate, then they're going to fall behind.

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We are defined not by our borders but by our bonds.

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There are institutional obligations I have to carry out that are important for a president of the United States to carry out, but may not always align with what I think would move the ball down the field on the issues that I care most deeply about.

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All of us - we should do everything we can to make sure this country lives up to our children's expectations.

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Pot had helped, and booze, maybe a little blow when you could afford it.

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If we have the kinds of confirmation that we need, we will once again work with the international community and the organization charged with monitoring compliance by the Syrian government, and we will reach out to patrons of Assad like Russia to put a stop to it.

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Over the last several days, we have heard from members of Congress who want their voices to be heard. I absolutely agree.

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