"You haven't seen a lot of turnover in my campaign. And the culture of my campaign is one in which I think everybody feels a great sense of ownership."
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"On issues like Ukraine, on issues like Syria, we've had very significant differences [with Russia]."
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"The United States was proud to stand with the people of Germany as this nation and this continent reunited and rebuilt and reached for a better future."
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"Our alliances and partnerships are not directed against any nation."
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"It still puts burden on some troops of ours who are there [in Afghanistan and Iraq] as advisors and facilitators."
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"I had said from the start that I thought Iraq was a mistake, that we should have stayed focused on Afghanistan. I think it was the right decision because the Taliban at that point had gotten a lot of momentum before I'd gotten into office, partly because we hadn't been paying attention as much as we needed to to Afghanistan."
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"You have people around the country who are benefitting from the steps that we've taken [with Obamacare] and as long as they continue to get helped, then at least I'll know in my own mind that the work we did here had a lasting impact."
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"On September 11th, 2001, in our time of grief, the American people came together. We offered our neighbors a hand and we offered the wounded our blood. We reaffirmed our ties to each other and our love of community and country. On that day, no matter where we came from, what God we prayed to, or what race or ethnicity we were, we were united as one American family."
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"My strong preference has always been to legislate when I can get legislation done."
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"I have been blessed by having, and I admittedly am biased, some of the smartest, hardest-working, and good people in my administration that I think any president has ever had."
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"How you staff, particularly the chief of staff, the national security adviser, your White House counsel, how you set up a process in the system to surface information and generate options for a president, understanding that ultimately the president is going to be the final decision-maker. That's something that has to be attended to right away."
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"If you were president 50 years ago, the tragedy in Syria might not even penetrate what the American people were thinking about on a day to day basis. Today, they're seeing vivid images of a child in the aftermath of a bombing."
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"The dollar is the reserve currency of the world."
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"On behalf of the American people, just let me say that we are proud to count Greece as one of our closest allies and one of our greatest friends."
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"I will continue to urge creditors to take the steps needed to put Greece on a path towards a durable economic recovery because it's in all of our interests that Greece succeeds."
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"I can say across Europe that many principles that have been taken for granted here around free speech, and around civil liberties and an independent judiciary, and fighting corruption, those are principles that, you know, not perfectly but generally, we have tried to apply not just in our own country but also with respect to our foreign policy."
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"There are always things that I think I wish I could have done better."
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"I am who I am. You sort of get what you see with me."
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"I think it's very important to remember that so much of the work that gets done between countries is not done at the level of presidents, but is done within various agencies, whether it's law enforcement or economic ministries. And when they establish relationships and systems of communications and shared projects and shared visions, those structures continue even after any particular president is gone. It builds trust and understanding between countries that are critically important."
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"We have to focus on how do we ensure the economy works for everybody, and not just a few."
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