A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say, "Huh. It works. It makes sense.
A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say, Huh. It works. It makes sense.
All across the world, in every kind of environment and region known to man, increasingly dangerous weather patterns and devastating storms are abruptly putting an end to the long-running debate over whether or not climate change is real. Not only is it real, it's here, and its effects are giving rise to a frighteningly new global phenomenon: the man-made natural disaster.
America is a land of big dreamers and big hopes. It is this hope that has sustained us through revolution and civil war, depression and world war, a struggle for civil and social rights and the brink of nuclear crisis. And it is because our dreamers dreamed that we have emerged from each challenge more united, more prosperous, and more admired than before.
Americans... still believe in an America where anythings possible - they just dont think their leaders do.
Change doesn't come from Washington. Change comes to Washington.
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones weve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
Community colleges play an important role in helping people transition between careers by providing the retooling they need to take on a new career.
Faith doesn't mean that you don't have doubts.
Faith is not just something you have, it's something you do.
Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because its only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.
Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. And it will leave you unfulfilled.
Hope – Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty. The audacity of hope! In the end, that is God’s greatest gift to us, the bedrock of this nation. A belief in things not seen. A belief that there are better days ahead.
I always believe that ultimately, if people are paying attention, then we get good government and good leadership. And when we get lazy, as a democracy and civically start taking shortcuts, then it results in bad government and politics.
I always believe that ultimately, if people are paying attention, then we get good government and good leadership. And when we get lazy, as a democracy and civically start taking shortcuts, then it results in bad government and politics.
I am not opposed to all wars. I'm opposed to dumb wars.
I cannot swallow whole the view of Lincoln as the Great Emancipator.
I dont oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war.
I dont take a dime of their [lobbyist] money, and when I am president, they wont find a job in my White House.
I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, weve struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. Weve made our share of mistakes, and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions.
I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying.
I think when you spread the wealth around its good for everybody.
I'm so overexposed, I'm making Paris Hilton look like a recluse.
If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost.
If we aren't willing to pay a price for our values, then we should ask ourselves whether we truly believe in them at all.
If youre walking down the right path and youre willing to keep walking, eventually youll make progress.
In the end, no amount of American forces can solve the political differences that lie at the heart of somebody else's civil war.
In the end, thats what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?
Iraq is sort of a situation where you've got a guy who drove the bus into the ditch. You obviously have to get the bus out of the ditch, and that's not easy to do, although you probably should fire the driver.
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