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"Angela [Merkel] and I also agreed the need for a comprehensive and humane response to the devastating humanitarian crisis in Syria and for the influx of migrants and refugees from around the world. We need to build on the progress achieved at the U.N. Refugee Summit, which yielded new commitments from some 50 nations and organizations."
"We continue to stand united with Germany and our NATO allies in our ongoing efforts to build peace and stability in Afghanistan."
"There's no doubt that on the issue of abortion, oftentimes it's very difficult to split the difference, although we can agree on the notion that none of us are pro-abortion and all of us would like to see a reduction in unwanted pregnancies, for example, and we could focus on those issues."
"The Cuban people must know that they have a friend and partner in the United States of America."
"I'm named Barack Hussein Obama. I'm African-American."
"You look at something like health care, the Affordable Care Act. And for all the controversy, we now have 20 million people who have health insurance who didn't have it. It's actually proven to be more effective, cheaper than even advocates like me expected."
"What I've seen in my own life is that when I get something important done it's because of a lot of other people - some who get credit, some who don't."
"Lincoln basically pulled in all the people who had been running against him into his Cabinet because, whatever personal feelings there were, the issue was 'How can we get this country through this time of crisis?'"
"I don't want to jump the gun, [but] I will tell you, though, that my goal is to have the best possible government."
"The world only makes sense to me given my life and my background if, in fact, we're not just an assortment of tribes that can never understand each other, but that we're, rather, one common humanity that can meet and learn and love each other."
"I think that at a certain stage those early ambitions burn away, partly because you achieve something, you get something done, you get some notoriety. And then the particularities of who you are and what your deepest commitments are begin expressing themselves. You're not just chasing the idea of "me" being important, but you, rather, are chasing a particular passion."
"You may want to prove that you're worthy of other kids or neighbors who were wealthier than you and teased you. You may want to prove that you're worthy of high expectations. But I do think that there is a youthful ambition that very much has to do with making your mark in the world. And I think that cuts across the experiences of a lot of people who end up achieving something significant in their field."
"[We] are focused on protecting and defending our common security and upholding a rules-based order that undergirds the peace and prosperity of the region and the world. In this work, we are grateful for our continued partnership with Singapore."
"The United States believes that every nation should respect international law, including in the South China Sea."
"This is the defining issue of our time. This is a make-or-break moment for the middle class and for all those who are fighting to get into the middle class."
"Generally speaking, Rand Paul is been more wrong than right. He has an isolationist view of the world that I don`t share."
"We have greater awareness of where we're falling short than we used to. Just take the example of community police relations."
"We have to deal with issues like inequality, we have deal with issues of economic dislocation, we have to deal with peoples fears that their children won't do as well as they have. The more aggressively and effectively we deal with those issues, the less those fears may channel themselves into counter-productive approaches that pit people against each other."
"No two countries are identical, and obviously, there's a difference between a referendum on a very complex relationship between Great Britain and the rest of Europe, and a presidential election in the United States."
"My hope is that more and more investors around the world see an opportunity to do business in Greece."