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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

“A few months ago, in response to too many tragedies -- including the shootings of a United States Congresswoman, Gabby Giffords, who's here today, and the murder of 20 innocent schoolchildren and their teachers -- this country took up the cause of protecting more of our people from gun violence. Families that know unspeakable grief summoned the courage to petition their elected leaders -- not just to honor the memory of their children, but to protect the lives of all our children. And a few minutes ago, a minority in the United States Senate decided it wasn't worth it. They blocked common-sense gun reforms even while these families looked on from the Senate gallery.”

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Senate Votes to Block Expanded Background Checks for Gun Sales (17 April 2013) http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/04/17/senate-votes-block-expanded-background-checks-gun-sales
2013

“I’d suggest that peace with justice begins with the example we set here at home, for we know from our own histories that intolerance breeds injustice. Whether it’s based on race, or religion, gender or sexual orientation, we are stronger when all our people — no matter who they are or what they look like — are granted opportunity, and when our wives and our daughters have the same opportunities as our husbands and our sons.”

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2013, Brandenburg Gate Speech (June 2013)

“I opposed DOMA in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U. S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying. … I know how important the issue of equal rights is to the LGBT community. I share your sense of urgency. If I am elected U. S. Senator, you can be confident that my colleagues in the Senate and the President will know my position.”

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On the Defense of Marriage Act, Windy City Times (11 February 2004) http://www.wctimes.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=4018
2004

“In my second inaugural address, I said that if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well. It is gratifying to see that principle enshrined into law by this decision.”

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2015, Supreme Court Decision on Marriage Equality (June 2015)

“The more that TV pundits reduce serious debates into silly arguments, and big issues into sound bites, our citizens turn away.”

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2010, State Of The Union (January 2010)

“And in my own life, in this country, and as President, I have learned that our identities do not have to be defined by putting someone else down, but can be enhanced by lifting somebody else up. They don’t have to be defined in opposition to others, but rather by a belief in liberty and equality and justice and fairness. […] But my faith in those principles does force me to expand my moral imagination and to recognize that I can best serve my own people, I can best look after my own daughters, by making sure that my actions seek what is right for all people and all children, and your daughters and your sons.”

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2016, United Nations Address (September 2016)

“There are countless reasons the American people have lost confidence in the President's Iraq policy, but chief among them has been the administration's insistence on making promises and assurances about progress and victory that do not appear to be grounded in the reality of the facts. We have been told we would be greeted as liberators. We have been promised the insurgency was in its last throes. We have been assured again and again that we are making progress and that the Iraqis would soon stand up so we could stand down and our brave sons and daughters could start coming home. We have been asked to wait, we have been asked to be patient, and we have been asked to give the President and the new Iraqi Government 6 more months, and then 6 more months after that, and then 6 more months after that.”

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Floor Statement on President's Decision to Increase Troops in Iraq (19 January 2007)
2007

“Yes, there will be setbacks and there will be frustrations, and there will be moments of doubt and moments of despair. The currents of history ebb and flow, but over time they flow toward freedom -- more people, in every corner of the Earth, standing up and reaching to claim those rights that are universal. And that’s why, in the end, our ideals are stronger. And that’s why, in the end, our ideals will win.”

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2014, Remarks to the People of Estonia (September 2014)

“And we’ll work to strengthen families by removing the financial deterrents to marriage for low-income couples, and do more to encourage fatherhood — because what makes you a man isn’t the ability to conceive a child; it’s having the courage to raise one.”

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

“It is entirely legitimate for the American people to be deeply concerned when you’ve got a bunch of violent, vicious zealots who behead people or randomly shoot a bunch of folks in a deli in Paris.”

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As reported http://www.vox.com/a/barack-obama-interview-vox-conversation/obama-foreign-policy-transcript by Vox; "Obama outrages by calling 4 Jewish victims of Paris terror 'a bunch of folks' shot randomly", by Cheryl K. Chumley, The Washington Times (10 February 2015) http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/feb/10/obama-outrages-by-calling-4-jewish-victims-of-pari/
2015

“Today, 60 years after they rose up against oppression, we remember the East German heroes of June 17th. When the wall finally came down, it was their dreams that were fulfilled. Their strength and their passion, their enduring example remind us that for all the power of militaries, for all the authority of governments, it is citizens who choose whether to be defined by a wall, or whether to tear it down.”

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2013, Brandenburg Gate Speech (June 2013)

“We may do different jobs and wear different uniforms, and hold different views than the person beside us. But as Americans, we all share the same proud title — we are citizens. It’s a word that doesn’t just describe our nationality or legal status. It describes the way we’re made. It describes what we believe. It captures the enduring idea that this country only works when we accept certain obligations to one another and to future generations, that our rights are wrapped up in the rights of others; and that well into our third century as a nation, it remains the task of us all, as citizens of these United States, to be the authors of the next great chapter of our American story.”

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

“Donald Trump calls our military a disaster. Apparently, he doesn’t know the men and women who make up the strongest fighting force the world has ever known. He suggests America is weak. He must not hear the billions of men and women and children, from the Baltics to Burma, who still look to America to be the light of freedom and dignity and human rights. He cozies up to Putin, praises Saddam Hussein, tells our NATO allies that stood by our side after 9/11 that they have to pay up if they want our protection.
Well, America’s promises do not come with a price tag. We meet our commitments. We bear our burdens. That’s one of the reasons why almost every country on Earth sees America as stronger and more respected today than they did eight years ago when I took office.”

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2016, DNC Address (July 2016)

“And so this visit, this hallowed ground, reminds us that we must never, ever take our progress for granted. We must commit perennially to peace, which binds us across oceans.”

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Remarks at Flanders Field Cemetery in Waregem, Belgium on March 26, 2014. http://news.yahoo.com/obama-plays-us-europe-bond-amid-russia-tension-113524803--politics.html
2014

“They call it Armageddon, the end of freedom as we know it. After I signed the bill, I looked around to see if there were any asteroids falling, some cracks opening up in the earth. Turned out it was a nice day.”

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At a speech http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpps/news/dpgonc-obama-dares-republicans-to-run-on-repealing-health-care-fc-20100325_6751762 at the University of Iowa after signing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (25 March 2010)
2010

“It is easy to get to a higher number when you are not asking anything difficult from yourself.”

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In response to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), who, on behalf of the Republican party, wanted steeper cuts, while opposing tax rises (also termed as revenue enhancements) in a meeting about the U.S. debt ceiling on July 13, 2011.
According to an unidentified source[citation needed], as reported by blogger Sam Stien, "Obama Warns Cantor 'Don't Call My Bluff' As Debt Talks Stall," http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/13/obama-debt-ceiling-meeting_n_897834.html The Huffington Post, 14 July 2011
2011, Remarks on the economy (July 2011)

“When people say "Black Lives Matter," that doesn't mean blue lives don't matter; it just means all lives matter, but right now the big concern is the fact that the data shows black folks are more vulnerable to these kinds of incidents.”

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Statement by the President https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/07/07/statement-president (7 July 2016)
2016

“As Commander-in-Chief, I have no greater responsibility than the security of the American people. As a father to two young daughters who are the most precious part of my life, I know that we see ourselves with friends and coworkers at a holiday party like the one in San Bernardino. I know we see our kids in the faces of the young people killed in Paris. And I know that after so much war, many Americans are asking whether we are confronted by a cancer that has no immediate cure.”

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Source: 2015, Address to the Nation by the President on San Bernardino (December 2015)

“If you like the plan you have, you can keep it. If you like the doctor you have, you can keep your doctor, too.”

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President's weekly address (6 June 2009) https://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/WEEKLY-ADDRESS-President-Obama-Outlines-Goals-for-Health-Care-Reform/
2009

“We are a strong, tight-knit family who has made it through some very, very hard times.”

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2015, State of the Union Address (January 2015)

“I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism.”

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News Conference By President Obama at Palaiz de la Musique et Des Congres in Strasbourg, France https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/news-conference-president-obama-4042009 (4 April 2009)
2009

“Over the last fifteen months we've traveled to every corner of the United States. I've now been in fifty…seven states… I think one left to go. One left to go — Alaska and Hawaii I was not allowed to go to, even though I really wanted to visit — but my staff would not justify it.”

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A gaffe during a campaign address, where he had obviously meant to say forty-seven in reference to the 47 of the 48 contiguous US states he had visited. (9 May 2008) Official transcript of address http://www.barackobama.com/2008/05/09/remarks_of_senator_barack_obam_63.php - video of actual delivery of the introduction http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpGH02DtIws
2008

“Okay, I’m going to go –- now, the one thing I’m going to do is I’m going to go boy, girl, boy, girl to make sure that it’s fair, because one thing I didn’t say in my initial speech is societies that are most successful also treat their women and girls with respect. Otherwise, they won’t be successful.”

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

“The forces of division have begun to raise their ugly head again … It reminds me: We've got a tragic history when it comes to race in this country. A lot of pent-up anger and mistrust and bitterness. This country wants to move beyond these kinds of things.”

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"Obama asks country to come together right now" in The Boston Globe (16 March 2008) http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/03/16/obama_asks_country_to_come_together_right_now/
2008

“Citizenship demands participation and responsibility, and service to our country and to one another. And few embody that more than our men and women in uniform.”

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Remarks by President Obama at Naturalization Ceremony for Servicemembers at The War Memorial of Korea in Seoul, Republic of Korea at April 25, 2014 http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/04/25/remarks-president-obama-naturalization-ceremony-servicemembers
2014
Contexte: What makes us Americans is something more than just the circumstances of birth, what we look like, what God we worship, but rather it is a joyful spirit of citizenship. Citizenship demands participation and responsibility, and service to our country and to one another. And few embody that more than our men and women in uniform.