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Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.
We can acknowledge that oppression will always be with us, and still strive for justice.
Nobel Prize acceptance speech (2009)
Much of the debate in Washington has put forward a false choice when it comes to Libya.
Address on interventions in Libya (2011)
More awareness and outreach -- because we have to end any shame or stigma that comes with going and getting help.
Disabled American Veterans Convention (2016)
Where force is necessary, we have a moral and strategic interest in binding ourselves to certain rules of conduct.
Nobel Prize acceptance speech (2009)
To win that battle, to answer that call -- this remains our great unfinished business.
Let Freedom Ring" Ceremony (2013)
The greatest nation on Earth cannot keep conducting its business by drifting from one manufactured crisis to the next.
Fifth State of the Union Address (2013)
That’s how America leads -- not with bluster, but with persistent, steady resolve.
State of the Union Address (2015)
That change didn't happen from the top down, but it happened from the bottom up.
Farewell to Staff Members (2017)
By the way, I've been called worse on the basketball court. Its not a big deal.
We are boisterous and diverse and full of energy, perpetually young in spirit.
Bloody Sunday Speech (2015)
If you want your country to grow and succeed, you have to empower your women.
Remarks to the People of Africa (2015)
A hundred and fifty years proved the cure to be necessary but not sufficient.
We Will Not Be Terrorized (2015)
It was in service of this long walk towards freedom and justice and equal opportunity that Nelson Mandela devoted his life.
Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture (2018)
There are practical consequences to rising inequality and reduced mobility.
Remarks on Economic Mobility (2013)
Democracy is sometimes messy, and for leaders, sometimes it's frustrating.
Remarks to the Kenyan People (2015)
We are strongest when we see the inherent dignity in every human being.
Address to the People of India (2015)
Resistance through violence and killing is wrong and does not succeed.
A New Beginning (2009)
That’s what will lend meaning to the creed our fathers once declared.
These aspirations are bigger than anything that drives us apart.
A World that Stands as One (2008)