#eat

Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation - not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago. ↗

— Barack Obama

#ago #based #because #declaration #economy

As a writer, as a creator, I'm giving you my experiences. But just take what I give you. You ain't got to pry beyond that. ↗

— Frank Ocean

#creator #experiences #give #giving #got

I cannot swallow whole the view of Lincoln as the Great Emancipator. ↗

— Barack Obama

#great #i #lincoln #swallow #view

The Internet didn't get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet. The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together. ↗

— Barack Obama

#because #companies #could #created #get

When we think of the major threats to our national security, the first to come to mind are nuclear proliferation, rogue states and global terrorism. But another kind of threat lurks beyond our shores, one from nature, not humans - an avian flu pandemic. ↗

— Barack Obama

#avian #beyond #come #first #flu

The higher the artist, the fewer the gestures. The fewer the tools, the greater the imagination. The greater the will, the greater the secret failure. ↗

— Ben Okri

#failure #fewer #gestures #greater #higher

My task over the last two years hasn't just been to stop the bleeding. My task has also been to try to figure out how do we address some of the structural problems in the economy that have prevented more Googles from being created. ↗

— Barack Obama

#also #been #being #bleeding #created

We have real enemies in the world. These enemies must be found. They must be pursued and they must be defeated. ↗

— Barack Obama

#found #must #pursued #real #these

We all knew this. We all knew that it would take more time than any of us want to dig ourselves out of this hole created by this economic crisis. ↗

— Barack Obama

#created #crisis #dig #economic #economic crisis

We can't get to the $4 trillion in savings that we need by just cutting the 12 percent of the budget that pays for things like medical research and education funding and food inspectors and the weather service. And we can't just do it by making seniors pay more for Medicare. ↗

— Barack Obama

#cutting #education #food #funding #get