I haven't used the veto pen very often since I've been in office, partly because legislation that I objected to was typically blocked in the Senate even after Republicans took over the House, now I suspect there are going to be some times where I've got to pull that pen out.

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You got into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing's replaced them. And they fell through the Clinton Administration, and the Bush Administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not. And it's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.

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It was unknowable then, but so much of the progress that would define the 20th century, on both sides of the Atlantic, came down to the battle for a slice of beach only six miles long and two miles wide.

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I don't take a dime of their [lobbyist] money, and when I am president, they won't find a job in my White House.

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A green, Fifa Coins| Fifa Coins| Fifa Coins| Fifa Coins| Fifa Coins| replica watches|renewable energy economy isn't some pie-in-the-sky, far-off future - it is now. It is creating jobs - now. It is providing cheap alternatives to $140-per-barrel oil - now. And it can create millions of additional jobs, an entire new industry, if we act - now.

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We don't have time for a meeting of the Flat Earth Society.

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When I touched my hand against the Western Wall and placed my prayer between its ancient stones, I thought of all the centuries that the children of Israel had longed to return to their ancient homeland. When I went to Sderot and saw the daily struggle to survive in the eyes of an eight-year-old boy who lost his leg to a Hamas rocket, and when I walked among the Hall of Names at Yad Vashem, I was reminded of the existential fear of Israelis when a modern dictator seeks nuclear weapons and threatens to wipe Israel off the face of the map - face of the Earth.

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I believe when women succeed America succeeds!

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We live in a moment when the dream of equal opportunity is within reach.

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Now is not the time to gut these job-creating investments in science and innovation. Now is the time to reach a level of research and development not seen since the height of the Space Race.

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Empowering women isn’t just the right thing to do - it’s the smart thing to do.

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My Administration will not authorize the indefinite military detention without trial of American citizens. Indeed, I believe that doing so would break with our most important traditions and values as a Nation.

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Weapons that were designed for soldiers in war theaters don’t belong on our streets.

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No challenge poses a greater threat to future generations than climate change.

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It is time to do away with work place policies that belong in a Mad Men episode.

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We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations

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I get a thick book full of death, destruction, strife, and chaos. That's what I take with my morning tea.

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I am absolutely certain that generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when we began to provide care for the sick and good jobs to the jobless; this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal; this was the moment when we ended a war and secured our nation and restored our image as the last, best hope on earth. This was the moment - this was the time - when we came together to remake this great nation so that it may always reflect our very best selves and our highest ideals.

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My main message is to the parents of Trayvon Martin. You know, if I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon.

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If we’re going to have arguments, let’s have arguments — but let’s make them debates worthy of this body and worthy of this country.

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My only agenda for the next two years is the same as the one I’ve had since the day I swore an oath on the steps of this Capitol — to do what I believe is best for America.

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