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“It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation: Yes, we can.”

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Discours de défaite aux primaires du New Hampshire

“Nous nous rappellerons que quelque chose se passe en Amérique, que nous ne sommes pas aussi divisés que nos politiques le suggèrent, que nous somme un peuple uni, nous sommes une Nation, et ensemble, nous allons ouvrir le prochain chapitre de l’Histoire américaine avec ces trois mots qui vont retentir de tous les côtés du pays, d’un océan à l’autre… : Oui nous pouvons!”

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we will remember that there is something happening in America, that we are not as divided as our politics suggest, that we are one people, we are one nation.
Discours de défaite aux primaires du New Hampshire

“Il n’y a pas une Amérique progressiste et une Amérique conservatrice — il y a les États-Unis d’Amérique. Il n’y a pas une Amérique noire, une Amérique blanche, une Amérique latino et une Amérique asiatique, il y a les États-Unis d’Amérique.”

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There is not a liberal America and a conservative America — there is the United States of America. There is not a Black America and a White America and Latino America and Asian America — there’s the United States of America.
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Discours du 27 juillet 2004 à Boston, lors de la convention démocrate.
Discours au congrès démocrate de 2004

“L'information détenue par le gouvernement fédéral est un bien national!”

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Information maintained by the Federal Government is a national asset.
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Quatre mois après l'investiture de Barack Obama du 20 janvier 2009, data.gov rendait accessibles des données publiques telles que la consommation d'énergie dans les foyers, les rapports d'inspection des centrales nucléaires, les dépenses de l'état...

“S'il y a quelqu'un qui doute encore que l'Amérique est l'endroit où tout est possible, qui se demande si le rêve de nos pères est encore vivant, qui s'interroge sur le pouvoir de notre démocratie, ce soir vous lui avez répondu.”

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If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is the place were all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our fathers is alive in our times, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.
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Discours du 4 novembre 2008 à Chicago, pour la victoire aux élections présidentielles.
Discours de victoire

“Elle était jolie, Joyce, avec ses yeux verts, sa peau de miel et sa moue boudeuse. (…) Un jour je lui demandais si elle allait à la réunion de l'Association des étudiants noirs. Elle me lança un drôle de regard, puis elle secoua la tête (…): — Je ne suis pas noire, me répondit-elle. Je suis multiraciale. (…) Pourquoi voudrais-tu que je choisisse entre [mon père italien et ma mère africaine-indienne]? (…) Ce ne sont pas les Blancs qui veulent me faire choisir, (…) ce sont les Noirs.”

Barack Obama livre Les Rêves de mon père

Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

“Malcolm X avait formulé un jour, le voeu que le sang blanc qui coulait en lui (…) soit expurgé. (…) Mais en ce qui me concernait, je savais que dans mon cheminement vers le respect de moi-même, jamais je ne pourrais réduire mon propre sang blanc au rang de pure abstraction. Car que supprimerais-je en moi par la même occasion, si je devais laisser ma mère et mes grands-parents à la frontière d'un territoire inexploré?”

Barack Obama livre Les Rêves de mon père

Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

“J'étais tombé sur l'un des secrets les mieux gardés sur les Noirs: la plupart d'entre nous n'étaient pas intéressés par la révolte; la plupart d'entre nous étaient fatigués de penser tout le temps au problème racial; si nous préférions rester entre nous, c'était surtout parce que c'était le meilleur moyen d'arrêter d'y penser, que c'était plus facile que de passer notre temps en colère ou à essayer de deviner ce que les Blancs pensaient de nous.”

Barack Obama livre Les Rêves de mon père

Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

Barack Obama: Citations en anglais

“I found a solace in nursing a pervasive sense of grievance and animosity against my mother's race.”

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Circulated in "A Coil of Rage" http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/coilofrage.asp, a 2011 mass e-mail attributing several fabricated quotations to Obama.
Originally a statement about Obama by Steve Sailer from "Obama's Identity Crisis", The American Conservative (), recast into first-person as if said by Obama:
And yet, at least through age 33 when he wrote Dreams from My Father, he found solace in nursing a pervasive sense of grievance and animosity against his mother's race.
Misattributed

“As a student of history, I also know civilization's debt to Islam.”

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2009, A New Beginning (June 2009)

“I think it was really interesting to see how Malia and Sasha reacted. They were disappointed. They paid attention to what their mom said during the campaign and believed it because it’s consistent with what we have tried to teach them in our household and what I’ve tried to model as a father with their mom and what we’ve asked them to expect from future boyfriends or spouses. But what we’ve also tried to teach them is resilience and we’ve tried to teach them hope and that the only thing that is the end of the world is the end of the world. And so, you get knocked down, you get up, brush yourself off and you get back to work.”

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2017, Final News Conference as President (January 2017)

“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.”

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Remarks by the President at Memorial Service for Fallen Dallas Police Officers https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/07/12/remarks-president-memorial-service-fallen-dallas-police-officers (12 July 2016)
2016

“I think that I’m a better speechwriter than my speechwriters. I know more about policies on any particular issue than my policy directors. And I’ll tell you right now that I’m gonna think I’m a better political director than my political director.”

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Reported by Ryan Lizza in the New Yorker, said to Patrick Gaspard during a job interview in 2007. http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/11/17/081117fa_fact_lizza?printable=true
2007

“Tim Kaine has a message of fiscal responsibility and generosity of spirit. That kind of message can sell anywhere.”

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About Virginia governor Tom Kaine, a possible VP candidate http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/03/vetting-obamas-man/
2008

“Today, a nation ringed by walls would only imprison itself.”

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2016, United Nations Address (September 2016)

“There's been a trend around the country of trying to get college to disinvite speakers with a different point of view or disrupt a politician's rally. Don't do that, no matter how ridiculous or offensive you might find the things that come out of their mouths… If the other side has a point, learn from them! If they're wrong, rebut them, teach them, beat them on the battlefield of ideas!”

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Commencement speech at Howard University, as quoted in "Obama: Students Need to Stop Shutting Down Speech of People They Disagree With" http://www.mediaite.com/tv/obama-students-need-to-stop-shutting-down-speech-of-people-they-disagree-with/ by Josh Feldman, Mediaite (7 May 2016)
2016

“If you you're in the United States, sometimes you can feel lazy and think we're so big we don't have to really know anything about other people.”

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Remarks by President Obama at YSEALI Town Hall https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/09/07/remarks-president-obama-yseali-town-hall (7 September 2016)
2016

“You can’t contain an organization that is running roughshod through that much territory, causing that much havoc, displacing that many people, killing that many innocents, enslaving that many women. The goal has to be to dismantle them.”

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When Obama was asked what's needed to really destroy ISIL, not just push back - NATO Summit Press Conference https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/09/05/remarks-president-obama-nato-summit-press-conference (9 September 2014)
2014

“But what we’ve also said is in order to defeat these extremist ideologies, it can’t just be military, police and security. It has to be reaching into communities that feel marginalized and making sure that they feel that they’re heard; making sure that the young people in those communities have opportunity. […] And that’s why, when I was in Kenya, for example, and I did a town hall meeting there, I emphasized what I had said to President Kenyata -- be a partner with the civil society groups. Because too often, there’s a tendency -- because what the extremist groups want to do is they want to divide. That’s what terrorism is all about. The notion is that you scare societies, further polarizes them. The government reacts by further discriminating against a particular group. That group then feels it has no political outlet peacefully to deal with their grievances. And that then -- that suppression can oftentimes accelerate even more extremism. And that’s why reaching out to civil society groups, clergy, and listening and asking, okay, what is it that we need to do in order to make sure that young people feel that they can succeed? What is it that we need to do to make sure that they feel that they’re fully a part of this country and are full citizens, and have full rights? How do we do that? Bringing them into plan and design messages and campaigns that embrace the diversity of these countries -- those are the things that are so important to do.”

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2015, Young African Leaders Initiative Presidential Summit Town Hall speech (August 2015)

“I honor — we honor — the service of John McCain, and I respect his many accomplishments, even if he chooses to deny mine. My differences with him are not personal; they are with the policies he has proposed in this campaign.”

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Speech following the Minnesota primary (3 June 2008) http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/03/obama.speech/index.html
2008

“So today, let me say: Sisters and brothers of India — my confidence in what our nations can achieve together is rooted in the values we share. For we may have our different histories and speak different languages, but when we look at each other, we see a reflection of ourselves.”

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2015, Address to the People of India (January 2015)

“I can tell you that — and this is something I have told him — that this is a job of such magnitude that you can’t do it by yourself. You are enormously reliant on a team. Your Cabinet, your senior White House staff, all the way to fairly junior folks in their 20s and 30s but who are executing on significant responsibilities. And so, how you put a team together to make sure that they’re getting you the best information and they are teeing up the options from which you will ultimately make decisions. That’s probably the most useful constructive advice and the most constructive advice that I’ve been able to give him, that if you find yourself isolated because the process breaks down or if you’re only hearing from people who agree with you on everything or if you haven’t created a process that is fact-checking and probing and asking hard questions about policies or promises that you’ve made, that’s when you start making mistakes. And as I indicated in some of my previous remarks, reality has a way of biting back if you’re not paying attention to it.”

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On the job of the U.S. President and the need of good advisers and staff
2017, Final News Conference as President (January 2017)

“But I do believe there are certain principles that are universal. I think that all people want basic dignity and want basic freedom, and want to be able to worship as they please without being discriminated against, or they should be able to speak their mind about an important issue pertaining to their community without being arrested.”

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2015, Town Hall meeting with Young Leaders of the Americas (April 2015)

“This year let's all come together, Congress, the White House, businesses from Wall Street to Main Street, to give every woman the opportunity she deserves, because I believe when women succeed, America succeeds.”

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2014, Sixth State of the Union Address (January 2014)

“I do not want to see BP nickel and diming these businesses that are having a tough time.”

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Florida workers getting $5000 checks from BP -- but will it be enough? http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/nation/florida-workers-getting-5-000-checks-from-bp-733821.html, Palm Beach Post (June 8, 2010)
2010, 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill (April 2010)

“Those who continue to fight for a hateful cause will find they are increasingly alone. For we will not succumb to threats, and we will demonstrate that the future belongs to those who build — not those who destroy.”

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2014, Address to the United Nations (September 2014)

“We see young leaders who embrace the diversity of this region not as a weakness, but as a strength, and who realize that even though we are all individually different and come from different traditions and different communities, we're stronger when we work together.”

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2014, Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative Town Hall Speech (November 2014)

“All of us share this world for but a brief moment in time. The question is whether we spend that time focused on what pushes us apart, or whether we commit ourselves to an effort - a sustained effort - to find common ground, to focus on the future we seek for our children, and to respect the dignity of all human beings.”

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2009, A New Beginning (June 2009)

“That’s why we’ve worked with other nations to create higher and clearer standards for banking and taxation -- because a society that asks less of oligarchs than ordinary citizens will rot from within. That’s why we’ve pushed for transparency and cooperation in rooting out corruption, and tracking illicit dollars, because markets create more jobs when they're fueled by hard work, and not the capacity to extort a bribe.”

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2016, United Nations Address (September 2016)

“Yes, we believe in democracy -- with elections that are free and fair; and independent judiciaries and opposition parties; civil society and uncensored information so that individuals can make their own choices. Yes, we believe in open economies based on free markets and innovation, and individual initiative and entrepreneurship, and trade and investment that creates a broader prosperity. And, yes, we believe in human dignity -- that every person is created equal, no matter who you are, or what you look like, or who you love, or where you come from. That is what we believe. That’s what makes us strong. And our enduring strength is also reflected in our respect for an international system that protects the rights of both nations and people -- a United Nations and a Universal Declaration of Human Rights; international law and the means to enforce those laws. But we also know that those rules are not self-executing; they depend on people and nations of goodwill continually affirming them.”

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2014, Address to European Youth (March 2014)

“And in fact, at every moment of economic change throughout our history, this country has taken bold action to adapt to new circumstances and to make sure everyone gets a fair shot. We set up worker protections, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid to protect ourselves from the harshest adversity. We gave our citizens schools and colleges, infrastructure and the Internet -- tools they needed to go as far as their effort and their dreams will take them. That’s what middle-class economics is -- the idea that this country does best when everyone gets their fair shot, everyone does their fair share, everyone plays by the same set of rules. We don’t just want everyone to share in America’s success, we want everyone to contribute to our success.”

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2015, State of the Union Address (January 2015)

“We’ve got to resist the false trap that says either there should be no accountability for police or that every police officer is suspect no matter what they do.”

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2015

“Real power means you can get what you want without having to exert violence.”

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In late January 2016, as quoted in "The Obama Doctrine" by Jeffrey Goldberg, in The Atlantic (April 2016) http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/04/the-obama-doctrine/471525/
2016

“It is our generation’s task, then, to reignite the true engine of America’s economic growth — a rising, thriving middle class. It is our unfinished task to restore the basic bargain that built this country — the idea that if you work hard and meet your responsibilities, you can get ahead, no matter where you come from, no matter what you look like, or who you love. It is our unfinished task to make sure that this government works on behalf of the many, and not just the few; that it encourages free enterprise, rewards individual initiative, and opens the doors of opportunity to every child across this great nation.”

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2013, Fifth State of the Union Address (February 2013)

“Listen, it is absolutely clear the economy is not doing fine. That's the reason I had a press conference. That's why I spent yesterday, the day before yesterday, this past week, this past month, and this past year talking about how we can make the economy stronger. The economy is not doing fine.”

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press conference http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/06/08/remarks-president-obama-and-president-aquino-philippines-after-bilateral welcoming President Aquino of the Philippines, , quoted in [2012-06-10, Obama's private sector remarks critiqued, defended on Sunday shows, Morgan, Little, Los Angeles Times, http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jun/10/news/la-pn-obamas-private-sector-remarks-critiqued-defended-on-sunday-shows-20120610, 2012-06-29]
posed question: "Mr. President, Mitt Romney says you're out of touch for saying the private sector is doing fine. What's your response?"
2012

“You have demonstrated that when young people have the tools to succeed -- good schools, education in math and science, an economy that nurtures creativity and entrepreneurship -- then societies will flourish. […] Where women are full participants in a country’s politics or economy, societies are more likely to succeed. […] If young people live in places where the only option is between the dictates of a state, or the lure of an extremist underground, then no counterterrorism strategy can succeed. But where a genuine civil society is allowed to flourish -- where people can express their views, and organize peacefully for a better life -- then you dramatically expand the alternatives to terror.”

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2014, Address to the United Nations (September 2014)

“I will send a strong message that Israel is our friend, that we will assist in their security and that we don't find nuclear weapons acceptable as Iran is currently envisioning it.”

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Obama says Clinton has foreign policy like Bush's http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/07/26/us-usa-politics-democrats-idUSN2619692620070726 26 July 2007
2007

“But we are here today because we know we cannot be complacent. For history travels not only forwards; history can travel backwards, history can travel sideways. And securing the gains this country has made requires the vigilance of its citizens. Our rights, our freedoms -- they are not given. They must be won. They must be nurtured through struggle and discipline, and persistence and faith. And one concern I have sometimes during these moments, the celebration of the signing of the Civil Rights Act, the March on Washington -- from a distance, sometimes these commemorations seem inevitable, they seem easy. All the pain and difficulty and struggle and doubt -- all that is rubbed away. And we look at ourselves and we say, oh, things are just too different now; we couldn’t possibly do what was done then -- these giants, what they accomplished. And yet, they were men and women, too. It wasn’t easy then. It wasn’t certain then. Still, the story of America is a story of progress. However slow, however incomplete, however harshly challenged at each point on our journey, however flawed our leaders, however many times we have to take a quarter of a loaf or half a loaf -- the story of America is a story of progress. And that’s true because of men like President Lyndon Baines Johnson.”

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Remarks by the President at LBJ Presidential Library Civil Rights Summit at Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas on April 10, 2014. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/04/10/remarks-president-lbj-presidential-library-civil-rights-summit
2014