Barack Obama Quotes, Free Market Quotes

A free market was never meant to be a free licence to take whatever you can get, however you can get it.

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I've called Chicago home for nearly 25 years. It's a city of broad shoulders and big hearts and bold dreams; a city of legendary sports figures, legendary sports venues, and legendary sports fans.

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Constitution is a living document; no strict constructionism.

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We're breaking protocol here. That's the good thing about being President - I can do whatever I want.

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As president of the United States, I don't bluff.

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We shouldn't assume that government is always trying to do the wrong thing.

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[This upset] means that means Donald Trump now has to transition to governance.

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As I've said many times, the nuclear deal was never intended to resolve all of our differences with Iran. But still, engaging directly with the Iranian government on a sustained basis for the first time in decades has created a unique opportunity, a window, to try to resolve important issues.

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I was always amused that people were either skeptical or surprised that I would choose a Hillary Clinton as a secretary of state. To my mind, having somebody smart, tough, capable with her own stature, who could travel around the world and command the stage, was a huge asset.

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Life takes its own turns, makes its own demands, writes its own story, and along the way, we start to realize we are not the author.

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I was watching a documentary that during the Bay of Pigs crisis JFK had about two weeks before anybody reported on it. Imagine that. I think it's fair to say that if something like that happens under a current president, they've got to figure out in about an hour what their response is.

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Any fool can have a child. That doesn't make you a father. It's the courage to raise a child that makes you a father.

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If we hope to give our children a chance, it's time we start giving our teachers a chance.

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I don`t think the Donald Trump`s qualified to be president of the United States, and every time he speaks, that opinion is confirmed.

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That is the true genius of America, a faith in the simple dreams of its people, the insistence on small miracles. That we can say what we think, write what we think, without hearing a sudden knock on the door. That we can have an idea and start our own business without paying a bribe or hearing a sudden knock on the door. That we can participate in the political process without fear of retribution, and that our votes will be counted.

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I need you to go out and talk to your friends and talk to your neighbors. I want you to talk to them whether they are independent or whether they are Republican. I want you to argue with them and get in their face.

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Libraries have a special role to play in our knowledge economy. Your institutions have been and should be a place where parents and children come to read together and learn together. We should take our kids there more.

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Just listen to what Mr. [Donald] Trump has to say and make your own judgment with respect to how confident you feel about his ability to manage things like our nuclear triad.

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We are engaging in the diplomatic efforts that are required within Iraq among the Shia, the Sunni and the Kurd, among friends, like Egypt, and Turkey and Saudi Arabia, but also enemies like Iran and Syria. They have to have buy-in into that process.

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The truth of the matter is that the problem of police shootings and reactions in the community.

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