“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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“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.”
“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.”
“We should foster a culture in which people's private religious beliefs, including atheists and agnostics, are respected.”
“I don't want ever to be a president who is comfortable and at ease with killing people.”
“I was always amused that people were either skeptical or surprised that I would choose a Hillary Clinton as a secretary of state. To my mind, having somebody smart, tough, capable with her own stature, who could travel around the world and command the stage, was a huge asset.”
“To sustain a governing majority, that requires an ability for Republicans and Democrats to find some common ground. And right now, the structure of the system is such where it makes it really hard for people to work together.”
“I think that whenever you have got an incoming president of the other side it takes a while for people to reconcile themselves with that new reality.”
“The problem is that young people are less likely to vote than older people. What results is a situation in which sometimes the elections don't fully reflect the views of the American population.”
“It's up to [Angela Merkel] whether she wants to stand again and then ultimately, it'll be up to the German people to decide what the future holds. If I were here and I were German and I had a vote, I might support her.”
“I wanna thank the German people for the incredible partnership that our countries have been able to establish all these years.”
“Everybody acknowledges that the current path we're on is unsustainable, not just for the people who don't have health insurance but for those who do.”
“More people are realising that ISIL's not a caliphate. It's a crime ring.”
“We all want the Greek people to prosper, to be able to provide a good life for their families and their children. That would be good for Greece, that would be good for the European Union, good for the United States, and ultimately, good for the world.”
“To young people: you have to stay encouraged.”
“People are less certain of their national identities or their place in the world. It starts looking different and disorienting. And there is no doubt that that has produced populist movements both from the left and from the right in many countries in Europe.”
“It's the reason why I am always interested in engaging in people who are pushing us and pushing against the status quo. But having been an activist, the only thing that I'm always encouraging activists to do is, once you have raised the issue, and even through controversial means, you have to come behind it with an agenda and the possibility of reconciliation if power meets your demands.”
“We should never hesitate to use military force, and I will not, as president, in order to keep the American people safe. But we have to use our military wisely. And we did not use our military wisely in Iraq.”
“This massacre in Orlando is therefore a further reminder of how easy it is for someone to get their hands on a weapon that lets them shoot people in a school or in a house of worship or a movie theater or in a nightclub. And we have to decide if that's the kind of country we want to be. And to actively do nothing is a decision, as well.”
“Thanksgiving reminds us that no matter our differences, we're still one people, part of something bigger than ourselves.”