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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!”

Barack Obama

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

“More and more, we all confront difficult questions about how to prevent the slaughter of civilians by their own government, or to stop a civil war whose violence and suffering can engulf an entire region.
I believe that force can be justified on humanitarian grounds, as it was in the Balkans, or in other places that have been scarred by war. Inaction tears at our conscience and can lead to more costly intervention later. That's why all responsible nations must embrace the role that militaries with a clear mandate can play to keep the peace.”

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2009, Nobel Prize acceptance speech (December 2009)

“So, to all of you that have put your heart and soul, not just into the campaign but into making schools better, making sure our veterans got the care they needed, making sure that we left behind a planet that is safe and secure for our kids, making sure that hardworking people have a ladder of opportunity and can support families. For all of you, who have just done amazing remarkable work, most of it unheralded, most if without fanfare, most of it without you getting any word of thanks, we could not be prouder of you.”

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2017, Farewell to Staff Members (January 2017)

“But my understanding is there are many villages you go to where there’s really no schools, as a practical matter, and many of the schools still teach just how to memorize certain things rather than how to think critically about problems. And every country at this point, if it wants to succeed, needs to put in place free, compulsory education for its young people -- because they just can’t succeed unless they have some basic skills. They have to be able to read. They have to be able to do mathematics. They have to have some familiarity with computers. They have to be able to understand basic principles of science. If you don’t have those basic tools, then it’s very hard to find a decent job in today’s economy.”

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

“America’s Army is the best-trained, best-equipped land force on the planet. Our Navy is the largest and most lethal in the world. The precision of, and reach of, our Air Force is unmatched. Our Marines are the world’s only truly expeditionary force. We have the world’s finest Coast Guard. We have the most capable fighting force in history -- and we’re going to keep it that way.”

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2016, Disabled American Veterans Convention (August 2016)

“And so God is asking us today to remember the miracle of that baby and he's asking us, he says, "Take the bullet out!" If we have more black men in prison than in our colleges and universities, then it's time to take the bullet out. If we have millions of people goin' to the emergency room for treatable illnesses like asthma, it's time to take the bullet out. If too many of our kids don't have health insurance, it's time to take that bullet out. If we keep sending our kids to crumblin' school buildings, we keep fighting this war in Iraq, a war that should've never been authorized and should've never been waged, a war that costing us 20 cents — $275 million a day, that could have been invested in rebuilding communities all across this country, then it's time to take that bullet out!”

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2007

“If we keep talking about the economy, we're going to lose.”

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Misattributed by Mitt Romney " Believe in America http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3a7FC0Jkv8" campaign ad ()
Senator Barack Obama quoted those words in a New Hampshire campaign speech on , saying "Senator McCain's campaign actually said, and I quote, <span style="color:gray">'If we keep talking about the economy, we're going to lose.'</span>"
[2011-11-22, Mitt Romney ad charges Obama said, 'If we keep talking about the economy, we’re going to lose', Politifact, http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/nov/22/mitt-romney/mitt-romney-says-obama-said-if-we-keep-talking-abo/, 2012-10-08]
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“Those are the victories they won, with iron wills and hope in their hearts. That is the transformation that they wrought, with each step of their well-worn shoes. That’s the debt that I and millions of Americans owe those maids, those laborers, those porters, those secretaries; folks who could have run a company maybe if they had ever had a chance; those white students who put themselves in harm’s way, even though they didn't have; those Japanese Americans who recalled their own internment; those Jewish Americans who had survived the Holocaust; people who could have given up and given in, but kept on keeping on, knowing that “weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.””

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2013, "Let Freedom Ring" Ceremony (August 2013)

“For all of our differences, the Cuban and American people share common values in their own lives. A sense of patriotism and a sense of pride -- a lot of pride. A profound love of family. A passion for our children, a commitment to their education. And that's why I believe our grandchildren will look back on this period of isolation as an aberration, as just one chapter in a longer story of family and of friendship. But we cannot, and should not, ignore the very real differences that we have -- about how we organize our governments, our economies, and our societies. Cuba has a one-party system; the United States is a multi-party democracy. Cuba has a socialist economic model; the United States is an open market. Cuba has emphasized the role and rights of the state; the United States is founded upon the rights of the individual.”

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2016, Remarks to the People of Cuba (March 2016)

“Many if not most of his decisions are thrust upon the president, out of the blue, by events beyond his control: oil spills, financial panics, pandemics, earthquakes, fires, coups, invasions, underwear bombers, movie-theater shooters, and on and on and on. They don’t order themselves neatly for his consideration but come in waves, jumbled on top of each other. “Nothing comes to my desk that is perfectly solvable,” Obama said at one point. “Otherwise, someone else would have solved it. So you wind up dealing with probabilities. Any given decision you make you’ll wind up with a 30 to 40 percent chance that it isn’t going to work. You have to own that and feel comfortable with the way you made the decision. You can’t be paralyzed by the fact that it might not work out.” On top of all of this, after you have made your decision, you need to feign total certainty about it. People being led do not want to think probabilistically.”

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Michael Lewis, "Obama's Way" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2012/10/michael-lewis-profile-barack-obama, Vanity Fair, (October 2012).
2012

“A better politics is one where we appeal to each other’s basic decency instead of our basest fears. A better politics is one where we debate without demonizing each other; where we talk issues and values, and principles and facts, rather than “gotcha” moments, or trivial gaffes, or fake controversies that have nothing to do with people’s daily lives. A politics -- a better politics is one where we spend less time drowning in dark money for ads that pull us into the gutter, and spend more time lifting young people up with a sense of purpose and possibility, asking them to join in the great mission of building America. If we’re going to have arguments, let’s have arguments, but let’s make them debates worthy of this body and worthy of this country.”

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2015, State of the Union Address (January 2015)

“And your work reflects a tradition that runs through our history -- a belief that we’re greater together than we are on our own. And that’s what I’ve come here to talk about today.”

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2013, Remarks on Economic Mobility (December 2013)

“I have not spoken to him directly. Here's the reason. Because my experience is, when you talk to a guy like a BP CEO, he's gonna say all the right things to me. I'm not interested in words. I'm interested in actions.”

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I would have fired BP chief by now, Obama says http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37566848/ns/disaster_in_the_gulf/ (June 8, 2010)
2010, 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill (April 2010)

“In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died – an entire town destroyed.”

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On a Kansas tornado that killed 12 people http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070510/asp/foreign/story_7758325.asp (9 May 2007)
2007

“I've been practicing. I bowled a 129, It was like special olympics or something.”

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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, asked by Mr. Leno if he had been practicing bowling in his Washington Office https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HOBTUCv4o0 (March 2009) "YouTube"
2009

“We stand together because we believe that people and nations have the right to determine their own destiny. And that includes the people of Ukraine. Robbed by a corrupt regime, Ukrainians demanded a government that served them. Beaten and bloodied, they refused to yield. Threatened and harassed, they lined up to vote; they elected a new President in a free election -- because a leader’s legitimacy can only come from the consent of the people.”

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2014, 25th Anniversary of Polish Freedom Day Speech (June 2014)

“At the same time, we’ll engage Russia to seek further reductions in our nuclear arsenals, and continue leading the global effort to secure nuclear materials that could fall into the wrong hands — because our ability to influence others depends on our willingness to lead and meet our obligations.”

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

“But we must accept the challenge that all of us in democratic governments face: to listen to the voices who disagree with us; to have an open debate about how we use our powers and how we must constrain them; and to always remember that government exists to serve the power of the individual, and not the other way around. That’s what makes us who we are, and that’s what makes us different from those on the other side of the wall.”

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2013, Brandenburg Gate Speech (June 2013)

“But we have to follow through, even when the politics are hard. Because in the eyes of innocent men and women and children who, through no fault of their own, have had to flee everything that they know, everything that they love, we have to have the empathy to see ourselves. We have to imagine what it would be like for our family, for our children, if the unspeakable happened to us. And we should all understand that, ultimately, our world will be more secure if we are prepared to help those in need and the nations who are carrying the largest burden with respect to accommodating these refugees.”

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2016, United Nations Address (September 2016)

“When ordinary people have a say in their own future, then your land can’t just be taken away from you.”

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2012, Yangon University Speech (November 2012)

“And we call upon others to join us on the right side of history -- for while small gains can be won at the barrel of a gun, they will ultimately be turned back if enough voices support the freedom of nations and peoples to make their own decisions.”

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2014, Address to the United Nations (September 2014)

“The truth is that, promoting science isn't just about providing resources, it's about protecting free and open inquiry. It's about ensuring that facts and evidence are never twisted or obscured by politics or ideology. It's about listening to what our scientists have to say, even when it's inconvenient, especially when it's inconvenient. Because the highest purpose of science is the search for knowledge, truth and a greater understanding of the world around us. That will be my goal as President of the United States, and I could not have a better team to guide me in this work.”

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President-elect Obama's Weekly Address (20 December 2008) http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/barackobama/barackobamaweeklytransition7.htm
2008

“After my election, I have more flexibility', spoken March 26, 2012 to Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev while in Korea.”

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The Washington Post: "Obama overheard: 'After my election, I have more flexibility' (1:31)" (March 26, 2012) http://www.washingtonpost.com/posttv/politics/obama-overheard-after-my-election-i-have-more-flexibility-131/2012/03/26/gIQA8mWmbS_video.html
2012

“But right now, the key is to make sure that the public is following instructions. For those of you who still need additional information about how to respond, you can go to Ready. gov -- that’s Ready. gov. And that website should provide you with all the information that your family needs in terms of how you can prepare for this storm.”

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Remarks by the President on Hurricane Sandy http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/2012/10/29/president-obama-makes-statement-hurricane-sandy#transcript, quoted in * 2012-10-29
FEMA, W.H. send storm victims to Internet
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Politico
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1012/83024.html?hp=l10
2012-11-02
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