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Selma teaches us, as well, that action requires that we shed our cynicism. For when it comes to the pursuit of justice, we can afford neither complacency nor despair.
Bloody Sunday Speech (2015)
We need a President who is fighting for all Americans, not one who writes off nearly half the country.
I’m not a particularly ideological person. There’s things, some values I feel passionately about.
I’m under no illusion about the continued barriers to freedom that remain for ordinary Cubans.
Statement on Cuban policy (2014)
There is no example of a country that is successful if its people are divided based on religion or ethnicity.
Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative Town Hall Speech (2014)
People of goodwill, regardless of party, are too plentiful for those with ill will to change history’s currents.
Let Freedom Ring" Ceremony (2013)
No nation is immune to dangerous and disruptive weather patterns, so every nation is going to have to do its part.
Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative Town Hall (2014)
Leaders must uphold the public trust and stand against corruption, not steal from the pockets of their own people.
I have spoken to all of them who are living. I didn't want to get into a Nancy Reagan thing about doing any séances.
Freedom of religion is central to the ability of peoples to live together.
A New Beginning (2009)
No nation is immune, and every nation has a responsibility to do its part.
Queensland University Address (2014)
The American people have worked too hard, for too long, rebuilding from one crisis to see their elected officials cause another.
Fifth State of the Union Address (2013)
But war itself is never glorious, and we must never trumpet it as such.
Nobel Prize acceptance speech (2009)
My identity might begin with the fact of my race, but it didn't, couldn't end there. At least that's what I would choose to believe.
We know that the killers in San Bernardino used military-style assault weapons — weapons of war — to kill as many people as they could.
We Will Not Be Terrorized (2015)
Qaddafi declared he would show “no mercy” to his own people.
Address on interventions in Libya (2011)
Now, it will take time to eradicate a cancer like ISIL.
Statement on ISIL (2014)
I am not opposed to all wars. I'm opposed to dumb wars.
The New Yorker (2004)
I have never been more hopeful about America.
Re-election Speech (2012)
You have shown what history teaches us — that at defining moments like this one, the change we need doesn't come from Washington. Change comes to Washington.