"I look forward to teaching the occasional class, 'cause I was a professor. And I had fun doing it."
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"[Michelle Obama] was the hardest sell. And she never fully embraced being in the public spotlight, which is ironic, given how good she is."
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"Michelle [Obama] never fully took to the scrutiny. I mean, she's thrived as a first lady, but it's not her preference."
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"We can't, you know, use our military to make sure the planet doesn't get warmer. And so that kind of leadership, of being able to bring people together, to apply practical commonsense solutions based on facts, based on science, based on what works you know, that's been the approach I have taken consistently as a public servant. That's the kind of style that I think we need in the presidency right now."
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"Well, I think that when you think about the challenges we face, these are challenges that require us to look forward and not backwards. When it comes to the economy I think we have to recognize that we are now in a global economy. And that the measure of our success is: how well are we training our workers? How well are we investing in the new energy economy?"
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"We've got to change our regulatory system."
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"Today, I can report that, as promised, the rest of our troops in Iraq will come home by the end of the year."
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"You want to be commander-in-chief? You can start by standing up for the men and women who wear the uniform of the United States, even when it's not politically convenient."
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"Nobody's madder than me about the website not working as well as it should, which means it's going to get fixed."
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"We are still the America that does the hard things, that does the great things. We're the nation that always dared to dream. We're the nation that dared to take risks."
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"There is nothing wrong with our country, there is something wrong with our politics...When this country is operating off a common ground, nobody can stop us. But when we're divided, then we end up having a whole lot of self-inflicted problems."
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"There's something about these steps [in Oval Office] and thinking about everybody who's walked here and all the business that's been done here."
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"Like Joe Biden and so many other Americans, I've lost people I love deeply to cancer. I've heard often from those whose loved ones are suffering from Alzheimer's, addiction, and other debilitating diseases. Their heartbreak is real, and so we have a responsibility to respond with real solutions."
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"We've got to be able to have a conversation and recognize we're all Americans; we all want the best for this country. We may have some disagreements in terms of how to get there, but all of us want to make sure that our economy is strong, that jobs are growing. All of us want to make sure that people aren't bankrupt when they get sick. All of us want to make sure that young people can afford an education."
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"I have a deep appreciation for the wisdom of this guy , George Washington."
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"The problem is that, over time, big pieces of business that have to get done without leadership from Washington, don't get done."
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"If you can look back and say, "The economy's better. Our security's better. The environment's better. Our kids' education is better," if you can say that you've made things better, then considering all the challenges out there, you should feel good. But I'm the first to acknowledge that I did not crack the code in terms of reducing this partisan fever."
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"I will work every single day to make sure that America continues to be the greatest nation on earth."
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"In America, we want a peaceful planet. We want people to be able to enjoy their lives and know they're going to have a bright and prosperous future, not be at war. That's our purpose."
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"I think that when it comes to issues of trade, I think it is important for us to be in favor of trade, but I also think it is important to make sure that we are putting in place the labor standards, the environmental standards, that are going to provide some of a fighting chance for American workers."
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