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I'm amazed that there is such misunderstanding of what our country is about, that people would hate us.
The United States will not retreat from the world, and we will never surrender to evil. America rejects the false comfort of isolationism.
State of the Union (2006)
I believe in the universality of freedom.
Speech at the Gerald R. Ford Foundation (2011)
Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream.
After all, this is a guy that tried to kill my dad at one time.
This issue doesn't seem to resignate with the people.
Our health care system is the envy of the world.
No one should be singled out for unfair treatment or unkind words because of their ethnic background or religious faith.
Freedom and Fear Are at War (2001)
President Obama's got plenty of critics, and I'm not going to be one.
Interview with Matt Lauer (2010)
Freedom is a universal human desire... and a force for peace and prosperity in the world.
Some say it is unfair to hold disadvantaged children to rigorous standards. I say it is discrimination to require anything less–-the soft bigotry of low expectations.
Campaign speech to the NAACP (2000)
In other words, words can be empty and all that does is just reinforce the bad behavior of tyrants.
Speech at the Gerald R. Ford Foundation (2011)
The advance of liberty is the path to both a safer and better world.
Speech to United Nations General Assembly (2004)
Freedom, by its nature, cannot be imposed. It must be chosen.
United Nations General Assembly speech (2006)
Now, the American people have got to go about their business. We cannot let the terrorists achieve the objective of frightening our nation to the point where we don't conduct business, where people don't shop.
I'll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office.
Respect for human dignity and individual freedoms reaffirms a core tenet of civilized people everywhere.
Freedom honors and unleashes human creativity — and creativity determines the strength and wealth of nations.
The United States is committed to the worldwide elimination of torture, and we are leading this fight by example.
A political candidate who jumps to conclusions without knowing the facts is not a person you want as your commander in chief.