"Politics in this country [USA] is always..." - Quote by Barack Obama
Politics in this country [USA] is always tough. It's always contentious, because this is a big country and a diverse country, and people have strong points of view, and we've got a great diversity of interests.
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“In November [2016], Americans are gonna have to make a decision about what we care about and who we are. We get these spasms of politics around immigration and fearmongering and then our traditions and our history and our better impulses kick in. That's how we all ended up here. 'Cause I guarantee you at some point every one of us has somebody in our background who people didn't want coming here. And yet here we are.”
“We have to be successful at the cutting-edge industries of the future like Twitter. But we also have always been a country that makes stuff.”
“Where you are right now doesn't have to determine where you'll end up.”
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“I heard a bustling rumor like a fray,And the wind blows it from the Capitol.”
“In politics nothing is immutable. Events carry within them an invincible power. The unwise destroy themselves in resistance. The skillful accept events, take strong hold of them and direct them.”
“Nothing rectifies out-of-control market failures like a healthy dose ofgovernment intervention and mountains of bureaucracy.”
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“In today’s interconnected and globalized world, it is now commonplace for people of dissimilar world views, faiths and races to live side by side. It is a matter of great urgency, therefore, that we find ways to cooperate with one another in a spirit of mutual acceptance and respect.”
“For me, great music doesn't just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of music.”
“What 'March' is saying is that it doesn't matter whether we are black or white, Latino or Asian. It doesn't matter whether we are straight or gay.”