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"You're going to face a choice in November. This is a choice between the policies that got us into this mess in the first place and the policies that got us out of this mess - and what the other side is counting on is people not having a good memory."
"I will not stand by while the special interests use the same old tactics to keep things exactly the way they are ... Not this time. Not now."
"Libraries remind us that truth isn't about who yells the loudest but who has the right information."
"There are very few moments in our lives where we have the privilege to witness history taking place. This is one of those moments. This is one of those times."
"Throughout American history, there have been moments that call on us to meet the challenges of an uncertain world, and pay whatever price is required to secure our freedom."
"In the midst of economic recovery and global upheaval, disasters like this remind us of the common humanity that we share."
"I've been struck by how hungry we all are for a different kind of politics. So I've spent some time thinking about how I could best advance the cause of change and progress that we so desperately need."
"Tonight, let us think back to the sense of unity that prevailed on 9/11."
"No development strategy can be based only upon what comes out of the ground, nor can it be sustained while young people are out of work."
"That is the true genius of America-a faith in simple dreams, an insistence on small miracles."
"I am living testimony to the moral force of non-violence. I know there's nothing weak - nothing passive - nothing naïve - in the creed and lives of Gandhi and King."
"We have a choice. We can shape our future, or let events shape it for us. And if we want to succeed, we can't fall back on the stale debates and old divides that won't move us forward."
"I feel good when I'm engaged in what I think are the core issues of the society, and those core issues to me are what's happening to poor folks in this society."
"My powers of empathy, my ability to reach into another's heart, cannot penetrate the blank stares of those who would murder innocents with abstract, serene satisfaction."
"I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to. It belongs to you."
"This is our first task-caring for our children. It's our first job. If we don't get that right, we don't get anything right. That's how, as a society, we will be judged."
"I decided to become a community organizer ... Change won't come from the top, I would say. Change will come from a mobilized grass roots."
"One of the things I think I can bring to the presidency is to make government and public service cool again."
"No black or white America-just United States of America."
"I love listening to these guys give us lectures about debt and deficits. I inherited a trillion-dollar deficit. ... This notion that somehow we caused the deficits is just wrong. It's just not true. ... If they start trying to give you a bunch of facts and figures suggesting that it's true, what they're not telling you is they baked all this stuff into the cake with those tax cuts and a prescription drug plan that they didn't pay for and the wars."