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It's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations. ↗

— Barack Obama

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I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we've struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. We've made our share of mistakes, and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions. ↗

— Barack Obama

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I know that campaigns can seem small, and even silly. Trivial things become big distractions. Serious issues become sound bites. And the truth gets buried under an avalanche of money and advertising. If you're sick of hearing me approve this message, believe me - so am I. ↗

— Barack Obama

#am #approve #avalanche #become #believe

But do I think that our actions in anyway violate the War Powers Resolution, the answer is no. ↗

— Barack Obama

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If the critics are right that I've made all my decisions based on polls, then I must not be very good at reading them. ↗

— Barack Obama

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Let me even say before I even get inaugurated, during the transition we are going to be having meetings all across the country with community organizations so that you have input into the agenda for the next presidency of the United States of America. ↗

— Barack Obama

#agenda #america #before #community #country

Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement. ↗

— Barack Obama

#cannot #collaborative #cooperation #degree #effective

I also had to work through the violation of my date rape, my unhealthy relationships with men, my anger toward the people involved in the scandal, and those who exploited me afterwards. ↗

— Donna Rice

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Similarly, only people as misanthropic as myself can be counted on not to have to lie to others, since we have the unique luxury of not caring what sort of opinions others formulate about us. ↗

— Boyd Rice

#caring #counted #formulate #lie #luxury

I've been giving interviews for the last 25 or 30 years, more often than not answering the same questions over and over again, ad nauseum. ↗

— Boyd Rice

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