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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

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]

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

“As we meet here today, men and women and children are being tortured, detained and murdered by the Syrian regime. Thousands have been killed, many during the holy time of Ramadan. Thousands more have poured across Syria’s borders. The Syrian people have shown dignity and courage in their pursuit of justice -- protesting peacefully, standing silently in the streets, dying for the same values that this institution is supposed to stand for. And the question for us is clear: Will we stand with the Syrian people, or with their oppressors?”

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2011, UN speech to General Assembly (September 2011)

“I remain skeptical that new offshore drilling will bring down gas prices in the short-term or significantly reduce our oil dependence in the long-term, though I do welcome the establishment of a process that will allow us to make future drilling decisions based on science and fact. But I've always believed that finding consensus will be essential to solving our energy crisis and today's package represents a good faith effort at a new bipartisan beginning.”

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Press statement as quoted in Countdown with Keith Olbermann (1 August 2008) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26010596/
2008

“Then you get the argument, "Well, this is not a stimulus bill, this is a spending bill." What do you think a stimulus is? That's the whole point! No, seriously, that's the point!”

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Speech to Democrats in Virginia about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (5 February 2009) - YouTube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJDwbfbpRnQ&feature=related
2009

“We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths –- that all of us are created equal –- is the star that guides us still; just as it guided our forebears through Seneca Falls and Selma and Stonewall; just as it guided all those men and women, sung and unsung, who left footprints along this great Mall, to hear a preacher say that we cannot walk alone; to hear a King proclaim that our individual freedom is inextricably bound to the freedom of every soul on Earth.”

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2013, Second Inaugural Address (January 2013)

“If police organizations and departments acknowledge that there's a problem and there's an issue, then that, too, is going to contribute to real solutions. And, as I said yesterday, that is what's going to ultimately help make the job of being a cop a lot safer.”

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Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Rajoy of Spain After Bilateral Meeting https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/07/10/remarks-president-obama-and-prime-minister-rajoy-spain-after-bilateral (10 July 2016)
2016

“[W]hat I want to focus on tonight [is the] state of our democracy. Understand, democracy does not require uniformity [but] democracy does require a basic sense of solidarity - the idea that for all our outward differences, we're all in this together; that we rise or fall as one.”

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2017, Farewell Address (January 2017)

“Any agreement with the Palestinian people must preserve Israel's identity as a Jewish state, with secure, recognized and defensible borders. Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided.”

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Speech at AIPAC Policy Conference (4 June 2008) http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91150432&ft=1&f=1102
2008

“Sometimes I'm criticized in my own country for professing a belief in international norms and multilateral institutions. But I am convinced that in the long run, giving up some freedom of action – not giving up our ability to protect ourselves or pursue our core interests, but binding ourselves to international rules over the long term – enhances our security.”

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2016, United Nations Address (September 2016)

“But I come here today, Berlin, to say complacency is not the character of great nations.”

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2013, Brandenburg Gate Speech (June 2013)

“If you don’t have any fresh ideas, then you use stale tactics to scare the voters. If you don’t have a record to run on, then you paint your opponent as someone people should run from. You make a big election about small things.”

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Democratic National Convention Nomination Acceptance Speech (29 August 2008) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmEI9Doctqs
2008

“Gibson: And in each instance, when the [capital gains tax] rate dropped, revenues from the tax increased; the government took in more money. And in the 1980s, when the tax was increased to 28 percent, the revenues went down. So why raise it at all, especially given the fact that 100 million people in this country own stock and would be affected?
Obama: Well, Charlie, what I’ve said is that I would look at raising the capital gains tax for purposes of fairness.”

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Interview on ABC News (16 April 2008) http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/DemocraticDebate/Story?id=4670271&page=3
2008

“We toured Cape Coast Castle, a place for centuries where men, women, and children of this nation and surrounding areas were sold into slavery. I'll never forget the image of my two young daughters, the descendants of Africans and African Americans, walking through those doors of no return, but then walking back those doors of return. It was a remarkable reminder that while the future is unknowable, the winds always blow in the direction of human progress.”

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Barack Obama: "Remarks Prior to Departure from Accra, Ghana," July 11, 2009. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=86393&st=&st1=
2009

“I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.”

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Circulated in "A Coil of Rage" http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/coilofrage.asp, a 2011 mass e-mail attributing several fabricated quotations to Obama.
Obama actually wrote, in The Audacity of Hope, p. 261:
In the wake of 9/11, my meetings with Arab and Pakistani Americans, for example, have a more urgent quality, for the stories of detentions and FBI questioning and hard stares from neighbors have shaken their sense of security and belonging. They have been reminded that the history of immigration in this country has a dark underbelly; they need specific reassurances that their citizenship really means something, that America has learned the right lessons from the Japanese internments during World War II, and that <span style="color:gray">I will stand with</span> them <span style="color:gray">should the political winds shift in an ugly direction</span>
Misattributed

“It is true that I want to roll back the Bush tax cuts on the very wealthiest Americans and go back to the rate that they paid under Bill Clinton. John McCain calls that socialism. What he forgets, conveniently, is that just a few years ago, he himself said those Bush tax cuts were irresponsible. He said he couldn't in good conscience support tax cuts where the benefit went to the wealthy at the expense of middle class Americans who most need the tax relief. That's his quote. Well, he was right then, and I am right now.”

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Comments at a campaign rally in Tampa; Florida (20 October 2008) http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2008/10/20/394027.html
2008

“What’s at stake in this debate goes far beyond a few months of headlines, or passing tensions in our foreign policy. When you cut through the noise, what’s really at stake is how we remain true to who we are in a world that is remaking itself at dizzying speed. Whether it’s the ability of individuals to communicate ideas; to access information that would have once filled every great library in every country in the world; or to forge bonds with people on other sides of the globe, technology is remaking what is possible for individuals, and for institutions, and for the international order. So while the reforms that I have announced will point us in a new direction, I am mindful that more work will be needed in the future. One thing I’m certain of: This debate will make us stronger. And I also know that in this time of change, the United States of America will have to lead. It may seem sometimes that America is being held to a different standard. And I'll admit the readiness of some to assume the worst motives by our government can be frustrating. No one expects China to have an open debate about their surveillance programs, or Russia to take privacy concerns of citizens in other places into account. But let’s remember: We are held to a different standard precisely because we have been at the forefront of defending personal privacy and human dignity.”

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2014, Review of Signals Intelligence Speech (June 2014)

“I have never been more hopeful about America. And I ask you to sustain that hope. I'm not talking about blind optimism, the kind of hope that just ignores the enormity of the tasks ahead or the roadblocks that stand in our path. I'm not talking about the wishful idealism that allows us to just sit on the sidelines or shirk from a fight. I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting.”

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2012, Re-election Speech (November 2012)

“Together, we discovered that a free market only thrives when there are rules to ensure competition and fair play. Together, we resolved that a great nation must care for the vulnerable, and protect its people from life’s worst hazards and misfortune. Through it all, we have never relinquished our skepticism of central authority, nor have we succumbed to the fiction that all society’s ills can be cured through government alone.”

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2013, Second Inaugural Address (January 2013)

“Today is a chance for Americans, especially our young people, to say thank you for all the things we love from Japan. Like karate and karaoke. Manga and anime. And, of course, emojis.”

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As quoted in Comicbook.com http://comicbook.com/2015/04/29/president-barack-obama-thanks-japan-for-anime-and-manga/ (2015/04/29)
2015

“I’ve said this before -- when human rights are denied and citizens have no opportunity to redress their grievances peacefully, it feeds terrorist propaganda that justifies violence. Likewise, when political opponents are treated like terrorists and thrown in jail, it can be a self-fulfilling prophecy. So the real path to lasting stability and progress is not less democracy; I believe it is more democracy in terms of free speech, and freedom of religion, rule of law, strong civil societies. All that has to play a part in countering violent extremism.”

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2015, Leaders' Summit on Countering ISIL and Violent Extremism speech (September 2015)

“I'm proud of the fact that I stood up early and unequivocally in opposition to Bush's foreign policy. That opposition hasn't changed.”

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Letter to The Black Commentator http://www.blackcommentator.com/47/47_cover.html (19 June 2003).
2000-03

“Turkey, like every country, has a right to defend its territory and its airspace.”

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Remarks by President Obama and President Hollande of France in Joint Press Conference https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/11/24/remarks-president-obama-and-president-hollande-france-joint-press (November 24, 2015)
2015

“Dr. King understood that peace without justice was no peace at all; that aligning our reality with our ideals often requires the speaking of uncomfortable truths and the creative tension of non-violent protest. But he also understood that to bring about true and lasting change, there must be the possibility of reconciliation; that any social movement has to channel this tension through the spirit of love and mutuality. If he were alive today, I believe he would remind us that the unemployed worker can rightly challenge the excesses of Wall Street without demonizing all who work there; that the businessman can enter tough negotiations with his company’s union without vilifying the right to collectively bargain. He would want us to know we can argue fiercely about the proper size and role of government without questioning each other’s love for this country -- (applause) -- with the knowledge that in this democracy, government is no distant object but is rather an expression of our common commitments to one another. He would call on us to assume the best in each other rather than the worst, and challenge one another in ways that ultimately heal rather than wound.”

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2011, Remarks at a Dedication Ceremony for the Martin Luther King, Jr., National Memorial (October 2011)

“Given our interdependence, any world order that elevates one nation or group of people over another will inevitably fail. So whatever we think of the past, we must not be prisoners to it. Our problems must be dealt with through partnership; progress must be shared.”

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2009, A New Beginning (June 2009)

“Now, there are some who question the scale of our ambitions — who suggest that our system cannot tolerate too many big plans. Their memories are short. For they have forgotten what this country has already done; what free men and women can achieve when imagination is joined to common purpose, and necessity to courage.”

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2009, First Inaugural Address (January 2009)

“Well, I just had the opportunity to have an excellent conversation with President-elect Trump. It was wide-ranging. We talked about some of the organizational issues in setting up a White House. We talked about foreign policy. We talked about domestic policy.”

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2016, Presidential transition of Donald Trump (November 2016)

“We know that our economies attract more trade and investment when citizens are free to start a new business without paying a bribe. We know that our societies are more likely to succeed when all our people -- regardless of color, or class, or creed, or sexual orientation, or gender -- are free to live and pray and love as they choose. […] And, increasingly, civil society is a source of ideas -- about everything from promoting transparency and free expression, to reversing inequality and rescuing our environment.”

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2015, Remarks at Panama Civil Society Forum (April 2015)

“As President Bush just said, a great nation doesn’t shy from the truth. It strengthens us. It emboldens us. It should fortify us.”

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Remarks by the President at the Dedication of the National Museum of African American History and Culture at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/09/24/remarks-president-dedication-national-museum-african-american-history (24 September 2016)
2016

“He knew, better than the cynic, that if you look out over the arc of history, human beings should be filled not with fear but with hope.”

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Remarks by President Obama at Memorial Service for Former Israeli President Shimon Peres on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, Israel. https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/09/30/remarks-president-obama-memorial-service-former-israeli-president-shimon (30 September 2016)
2016