“You’re likeable enough, Hillary.”
“I cannot swallow whole the view of Lincoln as the Great Emancipator.”
“I found this national debt, doubled, wrapped in a big bow waiting for me as I stepped into the Oval Office.”
“I think it is important for Europe to understand that even though I am president and George Bush is not president, Al Qaeda is still a threat”
“In the end, that’s what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?”
“It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to where we are today, but we have just begun. Today we begin in earnest the work of making sure that the world we leave our children is just a little bit better than the one we inhabit today.”
“My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington.”
“The fact that my 15 minutes of fame has extended a little longer than 15 minutes is somewhat surprising to me and completely baffling to my wife.”
“There’s not a liberal America and a conservative America – there’s the United States of America.”
“We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we’ve set. We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.”
“We’re not going to baby sit a civil war.”
“I don’t oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war”
“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.”
“You know, my faith is one that admits some doubt.”
“Faith doesn’t mean that you don’t have doubts.”
“Faith is not just something you have, it’s something you do.”
“Our preference would be to get a shelter dog, but, obviously, a lot of shelter dogs are mutts like me.”
“Our goal is to have a country that’s not divided by race.”
“I think when you spread the wealth around it’s good for everybody”
“We’ve come to be consumed by a 24-hour, slash-and-burn, negative ad, bickering, small-minded politics that doesn’t move us forward.”
“It’s not because John McCain doesn’t care. It’s because John McCain doesn’t get it.”
“It’s not just enough to change the players. We’ve gotta change the game.”
“I didn’t see the weapons of mass destruction at the time, I didn’t think there was an imminent threat from Saddam Hussein.”
“If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists – to protect them and to promote their common welfare – all else is lost.”
“Americans… still believe in an America where anything’s possible – they just don’t think their leaders do”
“You know, my faith is one that admits some doubt.”
“I cannot swallow whole the view of Lincoln as the Great Emancipator”
“In America, there’s a failure to appreciate Europe’s leading role in the world”
“The decisions that have been made in Washington these past six years, and the problems that have been ignored, have put our country in a precarious place.”
“Issues are never simple. One thing I’m proud of is that very rarely will you hear me simplify the issues”
“My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington”
“We’ve got a tragic history when it comes to race in this country. We’ve got a lot of pent-up anger and bitterness and misunderstanding. … This country wants to move beyond these kinds of things.”
“People of Berlin – people of the world – this is our moment. This is our time”
“UPS and FedEx are doing just fine, right? It’s the Post Office that’s always having problems.”
“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.”
I like this one.. This is Obama on Hip-Ho,
“The thing about hip-hop today is it’s smart, it’s insightful. The way they can communicate a complex message in a very short space is remarkable”
“There’s not a liberal America and a conservative America – there’s the United States of America”
“We need earmark reform, and when I’m President, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely. ”
“In the end, that’s what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?”
“What do you think a stimulus is? It’s spending – that’s the whole point! Seriously.”
“I believe in the redemptive death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.”
On Weed.. 
“I did. It’s not something that I’m proud of. It was a mistake as a young man, but you know? I mean not going to — I never understood that line. The point was to inhale. That was the point.”
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