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„Naše příběhy mohou být rozdílné, ale náš cíl je společný.“

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„Pokud jdete správnou cestou a jste ochotni po ní pokračovat, nakonec dosáhnete pokroku.“

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„Změna nepřijde, pokud budeme čekat na nějakou osobu nebo na nějakou jinou dobu. My jsme ti, na které čekáme. My jsme tou změnou, kterou hledáme.“

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„Zaměřit svůj život pouze na vydělávání peněz svědčí o nízké ambicióznosti. Chce to od vás příliš málo. A zanechá vás to nenaplněnými.“

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„Chtěl bych opustit tenhle svět lepší, než byl, když jsem na něj přišel.“

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Zdroj: [David, Mendell, Obama : Od slibu k činu, Bronislava Bartoňová, Praha, Práh, 2008, 978-80-7252-234-7]

„Naše demokracie je ohrožena vždy, když ji považujeme za samozřejmou.“

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Obama v posledním prezidentském projevu: Díky Američanům jsou Spojené státy lepším a silnějším místem

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„Všichni přece vědí, že politika je kontaktní sport.“

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Zdroj: [Výběr Reader’s Digest, červen, 2009, 41, 1210-7077]

O sportu

„Dát hlas němým a sílu slabým.“

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Zdroj: [David, Mendell, Obama : Od slibu k činu, Bronislava Bartoňová, Praha, Práh, 2008, 978-80-7252-234-7]

O síle

„Naše ústava je pozoruhodný, krásný dar. Ale ve skutečnosti je to jen kus pergamenu. Sama o sobě nemá sílu. My lidé jí dáváme sílu - naším angažmá a volbami, které činíme.“

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Obama v posledním prezidentském projevu: Díky Američanům jsou Spojené státy lepším a silnějším místem

O síle , O lidech

„Každý muž se snaží žít tak, aby naplnil očekávání svého otce nebo odčinil jeho chyby. V mém případě platí nejspíš obojí.“

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o životě svého otce
Zdroj: [David, Mendell, Obama : Od slibu k činu, Bronislava Bartoňová, Praha, Práh, 2008, 978-80-7252-234-7]

O chybách , O mužích , O životě

„Jsem hubený kluk s divným jménem.“

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Zdroj: [David, Mendell, Obama : Od slibu k činu, Bronislava Bartoňová, Praha, Práh, 2008, 978-80-7252-234-7]

O klucích

„Překvapuje mě, kolik volených státních činitelů - i těch dobrých - stráví spoustu času mluvením o mechanismech politiky místo toho, aby se věnovali skutečně podstatným věcem. To je ta jejich mentalita, ten jejich prvořadý zájem udržet si křeslo nebo posouvat svoji kariéru kupředu…“

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Zdroj: [David, Mendell, Obama : Od slibu k činu, Bronislava Bartoňová, Praha, Práh, 2008, 978-80-7252-234-7]

O čase

„válka v Iráku) bude neurčité délky, neurčité ceny a neurčitých následků, bez mezinárodní podpory jen rozdmýchá plameny na Středním východě a vyvolá v arabském světě to nejhorší, nikoli to nejlepší, a bude mít za následek zvýšení zbrojení Al-Kaidy. Jsem proti tupé a unáhlené válce, nejsem ale proti všem válkám.
(řečeno ještě před začátkem invaze do Iráku“

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Zdroj: [David, Mendell, Obama : Od slibu k činu, Bronislava Bartoňová, Praha, Práh, 2008, 978-80-7252-234-7]

O válce , O podpoře , O světě

„Po celou svou kariéru jsem šel právě za tímto cílem – vytvořit Ameriku, která bude spravedlnější, soucitnější a jejíž rozmanité národy si budou lépe rozumět.“

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Zdroj: [David, Mendell, Obama : Od slibu k činu, Bronislava Bartoňová, Praha, Práh, 2008, 978-80-7252-234-7]

„Není liberální Amerika a konzervativní Amerika – jsou Spojené státy americké. Není černá Amerika a bílá Amerika a hispánská Amerika a asiatská Amerika – jsou Spojené státy americké… Všichni jsme jeden národ…“

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27. července 2004, Boston - národní shromáždění Demokratické strany
Zdroj: [David, Mendell, Obama : Od slibu k činu, Bronislava Bartoňová, Praha, Práh, 2008, 978-80-7252-234-7]

„Díky vám je Amerika téměř v každém ohledu lepším, silnějším místem, než byla, když jsme začínali.“

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Obama v posledním prezidentském projevu: Díky Američanům jsou Spojené státy lepším a silnějším místem

„Z rasismu ještě stále nejsme vyléčeni. A není to jen otázka toho, že není slušné říkat na veřejnosti slovo negr.“

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Zdroj: iDNES: To ošklivé slovo na „N“. Obama porušil tabu, pronesl zapovězený výraz http://zpravy.idnes.cz/jizanska-vlajka-zmizi-z-obchodu-fotil-se-s-ni-vrah-z-charlestonu-pwv-/zahranicni.aspx?c=A150623_071653_zahranicni_lve

„Jsme změna, na kterou jsme čekali.“

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O změně

Barack Obama: Citáty anglicky

“ISIL speaks for no religion. Their victims are overwhelmingly Muslim, and no faith teaches people to massacre innocents. No just God would stand for what they did yesterday, and for what they do every single day. ISIL has no ideology of any value to human beings. Their ideology is bankrupt. They may claim out of expediency that they are at war with the United States or the West, but the fact is they terrorize their neighbors and offer them nothing but an endless slavery to their empty vision, and the collapse of any definition of civilized behavior. And people like this ultimately fail. They fail, because the future is won by those who build and not destroy.”

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Statement by the President (20 August 2014) http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/08/20/statement-president
2014

“You have the power to remind us all that human dignity is not just a universal aspiration, but a human right.”

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2014, Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative Town Hall Speech (November 2014)

“And I think the question that the people of Jamaica, just like the people of the United States and everywhere else, should be asking is: If the government is spending money right now, is it on something that is going to help create long-term growth and help people succeed? If the answer is no, you shouldn’t spend that money. Spending money just for the sake of spending money is not -- that’s not the formula for success. But if the money is being spent on what we talked about -- early childhood education; if it’s being spent on infrastructure; if it’s being spent on research; if it’s being spent on building skills for workers -- those are good investments.”

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2015, Town Hall meeting with Young Leaders of the Americas (April 2015)

“Gabby called it "Congress on Your Corner" — just an updated version of government of and by and for the people.”

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2011, Tucson Memorial Address (January 2011)

“Whether we like it or not, we remain a dominant military superpower…”

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Obama: America a Superpower 'Whether We Like It or Not' http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/15/obama-america-superpower-like.html, FoxNews.com (15 April 2010)
2010

“I believe in this country. I believe in the American people. I believe that people are more good than bad. I believe tragic things happen. I think there’s evil in the world, but I think at the end of the day, if we work hard and if we’re true to those things in us that feel true and feel right, that the world gets a little better each time. That’s what this presidency has tried to be about.”

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2017, Final News Conference as President (January 2017)

“For the average person, many folks who don't have health insurance initially, they're going to have to make some choices. And they might end up having to switch doctors, in part because they're saving money.”

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Interview with WebMD (14 March 2014) http://www.webmd.com/health-insurance/webmd-interviews-obama
2014

“[W]ithout some common baseline of facts, without a willingness to admit new information, and concede that your opponent might be making a fair point, and that science and reason matter - then we're going to keep talking past each other, and we'll make common ground and compromise impossible.”

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2017, Farewell Address (January 2017)

“Hopefully, more and more people will begin to feel their story is somehow part of this larger story of how we're going to reshape America in a way that is less mean-spirited and more generous.”

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Harvard Student Tackles Racism At Core
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2012-03-20
1990s

“No amount of propaganda can make right something that the world knows is wrong.”

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2014, Address to European Youth (March 2014)

“It's a racial stalemate we've been stuck in for years. And contrary to the claims of some of my critics, black and white, I have never been so naïve as to believe that we can get beyond our racial divisions in a single election cycle, or with a single candidate - particularly a candidacy as imperfect as my own.
But I have asserted a firm conviction - a conviction rooted in my faith in God and my faith in the American people - that working together we can move beyond some of our old racial wounds, and that in fact we have no choice. We have no choice if we are to continue on the path of a more perfect union.”

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2008, A More Perfect Union (March 2008)

“Hillary Clinton is respected around the world — not just by leaders, but by the people they serve.
I have to say this. People outside of the United States do not understand what’s going on in this election. They really don't. Because they know Hillary. They’ve seen her work. She’s worked closely with our intelligence teams, our diplomats, our military. She has the judgment and the experience and the temperament to meet the threat from terrorism. It’s not new to her. Our troops have pounded ISIL without mercy, taking out their leaders, taking back territory. And I know Hillary won’t relent until ISIL is destroyed. She will finish the job. And she will do it without resorting to torture, or banning entire religions from entering our country. She is fit and she is ready to be the next commander-in-chief.”

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2016, DNC Address (July 2016)

“The shadow of crisis has passed, and the State of the Union is strong.”

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2015, State of the Union Address (January 2015)

“We gather here in memory of 20 beautiful children and six remarkable adults. They lost their lives in a school that could have been any school in a quiet town full of good and decent people that could be any town in America.
Here in Newtown, I come to offer the love and prayers of a nation. I am very mindful that mere words cannot match the depths of your sorrow, nor can they heal your wounded hearts.
I can only hope it helps for you to know that you’re not alone in your grief, that our world, too, has been torn apart, that all across this land of ours, we have wept with you. We’ve pulled our children tight.
And you must know that whatever measure of comfort we can provide, we will provide. Whatever portion of sadness that we can share with you to ease this heavy load, we will gladly bear it. Newtown, you are not alone.”

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2012, Sandy Hook Prayer Vigil (December 2012)

“I refuse to accept the notion that we couldn’t have prevented some of those murders, and suicides, and kept more families whole. I know we won’t all agree on this issue. But it’s time to be honest — fewer gun safety laws don’t mean more freedom, they mean more fallen officers. They mean more grieving families, and more Americans terrified that they or their loved ones could be next.”

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Obama Police Chiefs (10-27-2015) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/obama-police-chiefs_us_562fa716e4b06317990f8af3?654mfgvi=
2015

“Now, one of the things that makes this region so interesting is its diversity. That diversity creates a unique intersection of humanity -- people from so many ethnic groups and backgrounds and religious and political beliefs. I gives Malaysia, as one primary example, the chance to prove -- as America constantly tries to prove -- that nations are stronger and more successful when they work to uphold the civil rights and political rights and human rights of all their citizens.”

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2014, Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative Town Hall (April 2014)

“I think the most important thing for young people is that they're not trapped in the past. And human progress is driven by looking at a problem with fresh eyes, with new eyes. […] And that's the power of young people, is asking why. Little kids, they naturally do that, right? When you talk to a four-year-old or a five-year-old, six-year-old, you tell them to do something -- "Why?" "Why?" And sometimes, as parents, we try to say, "because I told you so." And we don't want to talk about it, right? But that impulse to ask why is actually what drives human progress. […] Vision is important, but then you also have to have the persistence to keep working to make progress. And I always tell young people to have big dreams, but then also be willing to work for those dreams. It's not going to come right away.”

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Remarks by the President in YSEALI Town Hall at Taylor's University in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (November 20, 2015) https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/11/20/remarks-president-yseali-town-hall
2015

“With hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may come. Let it be said by our children's children that when we were tested we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back nor did we falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God's grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations.”

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2009, First Inaugural Address (January 2009)

“But the people of the Baltic nations also knew that freedom needs a foundation of security.”

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2014, Remarks to the People of Estonia (September 2014)

“We believe that societies and economies only advance as far as individuals are free to carry them forward. And just as freedom cannot exist when people are imprisoned for their political views, true opportunity cannot exist when people are imprisoned by sickness, or hunger, or darkness.”

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2013, Cape Town University Address (June 2013)

“We know that states with the most gun laws tend to have the fewest gun deaths. So the notion that gun laws don’t work, or just will make it harder for law-abiding citizens and criminals will still get their guns is not borne out by the evidence.
We know that other countries, in response to one mass shooting, have been able to craft laws that almost eliminate mass shootings. Friends of ours, allies of ours — Great Britain, Australia, countries like ours. So we know there are ways to prevent it.”

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2015, Remarks after the Umpqua Community College shooting (October 2015)

“In this country, we rise or fall as one nation, as one people. Let's resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.”

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2008, Election victory speech (November 2008)

“America is the world’s oldest constitutional democracy; that means we’re going to stand up for democracy -- it’s a part of who we are. And we do this not only because we think it’s right, but because it’s been proven to be the most stable and successful form of government. In recent decades, many Asian nations have shown that different nations can realize the promise of self-government in their own way; they have their own path. But we must recognize that democracies don’t stop just with elections; they also depend on strong institutions and a vibrant civil society, and open political space, and tolerance of people who are different than you. We have to create an environment where the rights of every citizen, regardless of race or gender, or religion or sexual orientation are not only protected, but respected.”

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2014, Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative Town Hall (April 2014)

“Now, the premise that we’re all created equal is the opening line in the American story. And while we don’t promise equal outcomes, we have strived to deliver equal opportunity -- the idea that success doesn’t depend on being born into wealth or privilege, it depends on effort and merit. And with every chapter we’ve added to that story, we’ve worked hard to put those words into practice.”

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2013, Remarks on Economic Mobility (December 2013)

“Well, so around the world, there is a tradition of repressing women and treating them differently, and not giving them the same opportunities, and husbands beating their wives, and children not being sent to school. Those are traditions. Treating women and girls as second-class citizens, those are bad traditions. They need to change. They’re holding you back.”

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2015, Remarks to the Kenyan People (July 2015)

“It's crucial that people don't see my election as somehow a symbol of progress in the broader sense, that we don't sort of point to (me) any more than you point to a Bill Cosby or a Michael Jordan and say, "Well, things are hunky-dory." There's certainly racism here. Professors may treat black students differently, sometimes by being, sort of, more dismissive, sometimes by being more, sort of, careful because they think, you know, they think that somehow we can't cope in the classroom.”

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On his election to be the first black president of the Harvard Law Review, as quoted in "No Cushy Post for this Pioneer Harvard Law Review Chief Plans to Work in Inner City", by Allison J Pugh in The Akron Beacon-Journal (19 April 1990)
1990s

“Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency.”

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At the signing of executive orders on first full day as president, as reported in transparency, Obama OKs ethics guidelines" at CNN.com (21 January 2009) http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/21/obama.business/index.html"Vowing
2009

“[W]ithout bolder action, our children won't have time to debate the existence of climate change. They'll be busy dealing with its effects: more environmental disasters, more economic disruptions, waves of climate refugees seeking sanctuary.”

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2017, Farewell Address (January 2017)

“I'll cut out government spending that's not working, that we can't afford, but I'm also going to ask anybody making over $250,000 a year to go back to the tax rates they were paying under Bill Clinton, back when our economy created 23 million new jobs, the biggest budget surplus in history and everybody did well. Just like we've tried their plan, we tried our plan — and it worked. That's the difference. That's the choice in this election. That's why I'm running for a second term.”

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Campaign speech http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/07/24/remarks-president-campaign-event, Oakland, California, , quoted in
Partially quoted as "We tried our plan and it worked. That's the difference. That's the choice in this election. That's why I'm running for a second term." in Mitt Romney " It Worked http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0etEmiCL8M" campaign ad ()
2012

“The single best indicator of whether a nation will succeed is how it treats its women. When women have health care and women have education, families are stronger, communities are more prosperous, children do better in school, nations are more prosperous.”

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2015, Remarks to the People of Africa (July 2015)
Kontext: [... ] let girls learn so they grow up healthy and they grow up strong. And that will be good for families. And they will raise smart, healthy children, and that will be good for every one of your nations. Africa is the beautiful, strong women that these girls grow up to become. The single best indicator of whether a nation will succeed is how it treats its women. When women have health care and women have education, families are stronger, communities are more prosperous, children do better in school, nations are more prosperous. Look at the amazing African women here in this hall. If you want your country to grow and succeed, you have to empower your women. […] Let’s work together to stop sexual assault and domestic violence. Let’s make clear that we will not tolerate rape as a weapon of war -- it’s a crime. And those who commit it must be punished. Let’s lift up the next generation of women leaders who can help fight injustice and forge peace and start new businesses and create jobs -- and some might hire some men, too. We’ll all be better off when women have equal futures.