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Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States of America from 2009 to 2017. Born in Hawaii, the son of a Kenyan father and a mother from Kansas, he won the 2008 presidential election and was re-elected president in November 2012.
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Here's the advice I give everyone about marriage — is she someone you find interesting?
Lincoln -- they used to talk about him almost as bad as they talk about me. So democracy has never been for the faint of heart.
There are no words that excuse the killing of innocents.
Our hearts go out to those who may have been injured.
And the ability of citizens to organize and advocate for change -- that's the oxygen upon which democracy depends.
Remarks to the Kenyan People (2015)
Ideologies are not defeated with guns, they’re defeated by better ideas -- a more attractive and compelling vision.
Leaders' Summit on Countering ISIL and Violent Extremism speech (2015)
As a student of history, I also know civilization's debt to Islam.
A New Beginning (2009)
Today, a nation ringed by walls would only imprison itself.
United Nations Address (2016)
Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance.
A New Beginning (2009)
No religion is responsible for terrorism — people are responsible for violence and terrorism.
If you actually took the number of Muslims Americans, we'd be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world.
Tim Kaine has a message of fiscal responsibility and generosity of spirit. That kind of message can sell anywhere.
Turkey, like every country, has a right to defend its territory and its airspace.
Real power means you can get what you want without having to exert violence.
If I become so convinced that ‘I’m always right,’ the logical conclusion of that often ends up being great cruelty and great violence.
We flood communities with so many guns that it is easier for a teenager to buy a Glock than get his hands on a computer or even a book.
No society is immune from the darkest impulses of man. And too often religion has been used to tap into those darker impulses as opposed to the light of God.
Address to the People of India (2015)
Across the nation, people from all walks of life have poured into the streets to protest the deaths of unarmed Black men and women at the hands of the police.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
In the midst of economic recovery and global upheaval, disasters like this remind us of the common humanity that we share.
Address on the natural and nuclear energy disasters in Japan (2011)
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Dreams from My Father (1995) · 1 Remarks of Illinois State Sen. Barack Obama Against Going to War with Iraq (2002, speech) · 1 Democratic National Convention speech (2004, speech) · 2 The New Yorker (2004) · 1 Commencement address at the University of Massachusetts Boston (2006, speech) · 1 Voting against a Flag Desecration Amendment (2006) · 1 A World that Stands as One (2008) · 3 Election victory speech (2008, speech) · 1 Yes, we can speech (2008, speech) · 1 A New Beginning (2009) · 20 A World without Nuclear Weapons (2009) · 1 Nobel Prize acceptance speech (2009, speech) · 19 School speech (2009, speech) · 1 nobel peace prize acceptance speech (2009, speech) · 1 State Of The Union (2010) · 2 Weekly Address (2010, speech) · 1 Address on interventions in Libya (2011, speech) · 17 Address on the natural and nuclear energy disasters in Japan (2011, speech) · 4 Remarks at a Dedication Ceremony for the Martin Luther King, Jr., National Memorial (2011, speech) · 1 Remarks on Egyptian political transition (2011, speech) · 3 Remarks on Egyptian protests (2011, speech) · 2 Remarks on death of Osama bin Laden (2011, speech) · 8 Remarks on the economy (2011, speech) · 3 Tucson Memorial Address (2011, speech) · 9 Re-election Speech (2012, speech) · 2