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

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

„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

Barack Obama citáty a výroky

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

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

„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]

„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

„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]

„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]

„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]

„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]

„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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Barack Obama: Citáty anglicky

“So tonight, I ask every American to commit to at least one year or more of higher education or career training. This can be a community college or a four-year school, vocational training or an apprenticeship. But whatever the training may be, every American will need to get more than a high school diploma.”

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First address to Congress (24 February 2009)
2009

“And that’s why we support societies that empower women -- because no country will reach its potential unless it draws on the talents of our wives and our mothers, and our sisters and our daughters.”

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2013, Cape Town University Address (June 2013)

“This morning at Flanders Field, I was reminded of how war between peoples sent a generation to their deaths in the trenches and gas of the First World War. And just two decades later, extreme nationalism plunged this continent into war once again -- with populations enslaved, and great cities reduced to rubble, and tens of millions slaughtered, including those lost in the Holocaust. It is in response to this tragic history that, in the aftermath of World War II, America joined with Europe to reject the darker forces of the past and build a new architecture of peace. Workers and engineers gave life to the Marshall Plan. Sentinels stood vigilant in a NATO Alliance that would become the strongest the world has ever known. And across the Atlantic, we embraced a shared vision of Europe -- a vision based on representative democracy, individual rights, and a belief that nations can meet the interests of their citizens through trade and open markets; a social safety net and respect for those of different faiths and backgrounds.”

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2014, Address to European Youth (March 2014)

“And this is yet another reminder that the world must unite, we must be together, regardless of nationality, or race, or faith, in fighting against the scourge of terrorism. We can -- and will -- defeat those who threaten the safety and security of people all around the world.”

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2016, Remarks to the People of Cuba (March 2016)

“So long as our relationship is defined by our differences, we will empower those who sow hatred rather than peace, those who promote conflict rather than the co-operation that can help all of our people achieve justice and prosperity. This cycle of suspicion and discord must end.”

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2009, A New Beginning (June 2009)

“Lincoln -- they used to talk about him almost as bad as they talk about me. So democracy has never been for the faint of heart.”

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Obama: I’m Just Like Lincoln http://nation.foxnews.com/president-obama/2011/08/16/obama-i-m-just-lincoln (16 August 2011) 2011

“We cannot disguise hostility towards any religion behind the pretence of liberalism.”

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2009, A New Beginning (June 2009)

“From the Asia Pacific to Africa to the Americas, the United States and our armed forces will remain the greatest force for freedom and security and peace that the world has ever known. That is your legacy. That is what we have to protect, and that is what we have to defend.”

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2016, Disabled American Veterans Convention (August 2016)

“And this is probably a good place for me to end by just saying that the issue of climate change is a perfect example of why young people have to lead. Because old people, they've created a mess, and then they'll be gone. And then you -- (applause) -- you're the ones who have to deal with it. And also what happens is old people get set in their ways. So the older you get, the more likely you are to say, that's how it's always been so that's how I'm going to keep on doing it -- even if there's a better way to do things. Young people, they're asking, well, why do I have to do it that way? Let's try it this way. And that kind of willingness to accept challenges and try things in a new way, to not be stuck in the past, or to look towards the future, that's what all of you represent.”

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

“The church contains in full the kindness and cruelty, the fierce intelligence and the shocking ignorance, the struggles and successes, the love and yes, the bitterness and bias that make up the black experience in America.
And this helps explain, perhaps, my relationship with Reverend Wright. As imperfect as he may be, he has been like family to me. He strengthened my faith, officiated my wedding, and baptized my children. Not once in my conversations with him have I heard him talk about any ethnic group in derogatory terms, or treat whites with whom he interacted with anything but courtesy and respect. He contains within him the contradictions - the good and the bad - of the community that he has served diligently for so many years.
I can no more disown him than I can disown the black community. I can no more disown him than I can my white grandmother - a woman who helped raise me, a woman who sacrificed again and again for me, a woman who loves me as much as she loves anything in this world, but a woman who once confessed her fear of black men who passed by her on the street, and who on more than one occasion has uttered racial or ethnic stereotypes that made me cringe.
These people are a part of me. And they are a part of America, this country that I love.”

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2008, A More Perfect Union (March 2008)

“As the Holy Koran tells us: "Be conscious of God and speak always the truth." That is what I will try to do today - to speak the truth as best I can, humbled by the task before us, and firm in my belief that the interests we share as human beings are far more powerful than the forces that drive us apart.”

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2009, A New Beginning (June 2009)

“There was no such thing as Al Qaeda in Iraq, until George Bush and John McCain decided to invade Iraq.”

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Speech in Columbus, Ohio (27 February 2008)
2008

“[I]f anyone can put together a plan that is demonstrably better than the improvements we've made to our health care system and that covers as many people at less cost, I will publicly support it.”

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2017, Farewell Address (January 2017)

“"We the people, in order to form a more perfect union."
Two hundred and twenty one years ago, in a hall that still stands across the street, a group of men gathered and, with these simple words, launched America's improbable experiment in democracy.”

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2008, A More Perfect Union (March 2008)

“Let me just make this point, John…We're not campaigning anymore. The election's over.”

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Responding to Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) at the healthcare summit http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/25/AR2010022505919.html after McCain complained about the proposed healthcare bill (25 February 2010)] 2010

“Ultimately, peace is just not about politics. It’s about attitudes; about a sense of empathy; about breaking down the divisions that we create for ourselves in our own minds and our own hearts that don’t exist in any objective reality, but that we carry with us generation after generation.”

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Remarks by President Obama and Mrs. Obama in Town Hall with Youth of Northern Ireland, Belfast Waterfront, Belfast, Northern Ireland (17 June 2013) http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/06/17/remarks-president-obama-and-mrs-obama-town-hall-youth-northern-ireland 2013

“We can never say it enough. The United States and the United Kingdom enjoy a truly special relationship. We celebrate a common heritage. We cherish common values.... Above all, our alliance thrives because it advances our common interests.... When the United States and the United Kingdom stand together, our people—and people around the world—are more secure and they are more prosperous. In short, the United States has no closer ally and no stronger partner than Great Britain.”

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Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/102011166?q=barack+obama&p=par Statement made by U.S. President Barack Obama at a joint press conference with Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom in July 2010 2010

“There were times where I was in the Oval Office and people would come to me with all kinds of political problems and policy problems and international problems, and my team would be getting discouraged and depressed, and I would say to them, I have to be optimistic, because the odds of somebody named Barack Obama being President of the United States were very low, and the fact that, in my lifetime, I have seen such enormous, positive change in the United States and around the world tells me that, although history does not travel in a straight line, it moves in the direction of justice and freedom and a better life for people. But we have to fight for it. We have to work for it.”

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2016, News Conference With Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany (November 2016)

“I am confident that Japan will recover and rebuild because of the strength and spirit of the Japanese people. Over the last few days, they’ve opened up their homes to one another. They’ve shared scarce resources of food and water. They’ve organized shelters, provided free medical care, and looked out for their most vulnerable citizens. One man put it simply: “It’s a Japanese thing. When hard times hit, we have to help each other.””

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2011, Address on the natural and nuclear energy disasters in Japan (March 2011)

“I don’t think they’re gaining strength, what is true is that from the start, our goal has been first to contain and we have contained them. They have not gained ground in Iraq, and in Syria, they’ll come in, they’ll leave. But you don’t see this systematic march by ISIL across the terrain.”

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ABC News, when George Stephanopoulos suggested ISIL is gaining strength, hours before Paris attacks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS3jady8bIc (13 November 2015) 2015

“I would put our legislative and foreign policy accomplishments in our first two years against any president -- with the possible exceptions of Johnson, FDR, and Lincoln -- just in terms of what we've gotten done in modern history.”

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An interview with 60 Minutes, December 20, 2011. http://newsbusters.org/blogs/pj-gladnick/2011/12/16/60-minutes-broadcast-edits-out-laughable-obama-claim-4th-greatest-presi 2011

“And so you have to be practical in asking yourself how can you achieve the goals of equality and inclusion, but also recognize that the market system produces a lot of wealth and goods and services. And it also gives individuals freedom because they have initiative. And so you don't have to be rigid in saying it’s either this or that, you can say -- depending on the problem you're trying to solve, depending on the social issues that you're trying to address what works. And I think that what you’ll find is that the most successful societies, the most successful economies are ones that are rooted in a market-based system, but also recognize that a market does not work by itself. It has to have a social and moral and ethical and community basis, and there has to be inclusion. Otherwise it’s not stable. And it’s up to you -- whether you're in business or in academia or the nonprofit sector, whatever you're doing -- to create new forms that are adapted to the new conditions that we live in today.”

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2016, Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative Town Hall (March 2016)

“I am a firm believer that any legitimate government has to be based on rule of law and a recognition that all people are equal under the law.”

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Remarks by President Obama and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma in Joint Press Conference at Aung San Suu Kyi Residence in Rangoon, Burma on November 14, 2014 http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/11/14/remarks-president-obama-and-daw-aung-san-suu-kyi-burma-joint-press-confe 2014

“The true engine of economic growth will always be companies like Solyndra.”

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Speech at Solyndra, May 26, 2010. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy2xEAZhAuo 2010, 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill (April 2010)

“I am both surprised and deeply humbled by the decision of the Nobel Committee. Let me be clear: I do not view it as a recognition of my own accomplishments, but rather as an affirmation of American leadership on behalf of aspirations held by people in all nations.
To be honest, I do not feel that I deserve to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures who've been honored by this prize — men and women who've inspired me and inspired the entire world through their courageous pursuit of peace.
But I also know that this prize reflects the kind of world that those men and women, and all Americans, want to build — a world that gives life to the promise of our founding documents. And I know that throughout history, the Nobel Peace Prize has not just been used to honor specific achievement; it's also been used as a means to give momentum to a set of causes. And that is why I will accept this award as a call to action — a call for all nations to confront the common challenges of the 21st century.”

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Remarks by the President on winning the Nobel Peace Prize" (9 October 2009)
2009

“Partnerships like those remind us that the relationship between nations is not just defined by governments, but is defined by people -- especially the young people who will determine the future long after those of us who are currently in positions of power leave the stage.”

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

“If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun.”

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At a Philadelphia fundraiser, as quoted in "Obama: ‘If They Bring a Knife to the Fight, We Bring a Gun’" http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/06/14/obama-if-they-bring-a-knife-to-the-fight-we-bring-a-gun/, The Wall Street Journal (14 June 2008) 2008

“Don't tell us that the only way to teach a child is to spend too much of a year preparing him to fill out a few bubbles on a standardized test; we know that's not true.”

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Barrack Obama National Education Association Speech, 2007
2007

“Africa’s progress will depend on development that truly lifts countries from poverty to prosperity -- because people everywhere deserve the dignity of a life free from want.”

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2015, Remarks to the People of Africa (July 2015)

“And then, on September 11, 2001, the world fractured. It's beyond my skill as a writer to capture that day, and the days that would follow — the planes, like specters, vanishing into steel and glass; the slow-motion cascade of the towers crumbling into themselves; the ash-covered figures wandering the streets; the anguish and the fear. Nor do I pretend to understand the stark nihilism that drove the terrorists that day and that drives their brethren still. 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.”

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Preface to the 2004 edition of Dreams from My Father, p. x
2004