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"That is the American story. People, just like you, following their passions, determined to meet the times on their own terms. They weren't doing it for the money. Their titles weren't fancy. But they changed the course of history and so can you."
"I know starting careers in troubled times is a challenge, but it is also a privilege. Because it's moments like these that force us to try harder, dig deeper and to discover gifts we never knew we had. To find the greatness that lies within each of us. So don't ever shy away from that endeavor. Don't stop adding to your body of work. I can promise that you will be the better for that continued effort as will be this nation that we all love."
"The path towards sustainable energy sources will be long and sometimes difficult. But America cannot resist this transition, we must lead it."
"This is a core principle of my presidency - if you threaten America, you will find no safe haven."
"A bold reform agenda is our moral obligation. If we make the case effectively and win this November, then we will have the moral authority to enact the kind of fundamental reforms America has not seen since Ronald Reagan's first year."
"I learned a good deal about economics, and about America, from the author of the Reagan tax reforms - the great Jack Kemp. What gave Jack that incredible enthusiasm was his belief in the possibilities of free people, in the power of free enterprise and strong communities to overcome poverty and despair. We need that same optimism right now."
"America, I like the spirit. Because American people here believe in something. I like that spirit."
"I travel abroad constantly on book promotion and research, and the Internet is invaluable to me for accessing U.K. news in places such as America, which most of the time hasn't heard of England."
"You can't write good satirical fiction in America because reality will quickly outdo anything you might invent."
"The day I became press secretary to the President of the United States, I was in an entirely different world from the one I'd been in the day before."
"America has but one main problem -- the character of the men and women it shall produce."
"Because of what America is and what America has done, a firmer courage, a higher hope, inspires the heart of all humanity."
"The business of America is business."
"There is a theory that sooner or later anything in America that is any fun at all will be ruined by people from California."
"The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems."
"I think it no accident that most of those emigrating to America in the 19th century identified with the Democratic Party. We are a heterogeneous party made up of Americans of diverse backgrounds."
"We are a people trying not only to solve the problems of the present: unemployment, inflation... but we are attempting on a larger scale to fulfill the promise of America."
"All that harms labor is treason to America."
"I'm in love with this country called "America." I'm a huge fan of America. I'm one of those annoying fans - you know, the ones that read the cd notes and follow you into bathrooms and ask you all kinds of annoying questions about why you didn't live up to that. I'm that kind of fan. I've read the Declaration of Independence, and I've read the Constitution of the United States, and they are some liner notes, dude."
"In the melting pot that is America, inclusive trumps exclusive. Whether it's single women, young adults, or minorities, alienating the rapidly growing voting blocs is not smart politics."
