The basic American promise that if you work hard, you could do well enough to raise a family, own a home, send your kids to college.

Quote by Barack Obama

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Poorly secured nuclear material in the former Soviet Union, or secrets from a scientist in...

Poorly secured nuclear material in the former Soviet Union, or secrets from a scientist in...

Millions of Americans who work hard & play by the rules every day deserve a...

Millions of Americans who work hard & play by the rules every day deserve a...

The Bush Administrations failure to be consistently involved in helping Israel achieve peace with the...

The Bush Administrations failure to be consistently involved in helping Israel achieve peace with the...

We need somebody who's got the heart, the empathy, to recognize what it's like to...

We need somebody who's got the heart, the empathy, to recognize what it's like to...

Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It...

Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It...

We are not at war against Islam.

We are not at war against Islam.

Weve persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi people - a belief...

Weve persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi people - a belief...

If we aren't willing to pay a price for our values, then we should ask...

If we aren't willing to pay a price for our values, then we should ask...

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time....

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time....

There's not a liberal America and a conservative America - there's the United States of...

There's not a liberal America and a conservative America - there's the United States of...

I think when you spread the wealth around its good for everybody.

I think when you spread the wealth around its good for everybody.

After a century of striving, after a year of debate, after a historic vote, health...

After a century of striving, after a year of debate, after a historic vote, health...

My wife has been my closest friend, my closest advisor. And...she's not somebody who looks...

My wife has been my closest friend, my closest advisor. And...she's not somebody who looks...

We proved that we are still a people capable of doing big things and tackling...

We proved that we are still a people capable of doing big things and tackling...

Women should earn equal pay for equal work.

Women should earn equal pay for equal work.

A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a...

A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a...

One of the great strengths of the United States is... we have a very large...

One of the great strengths of the United States is... we have a very large...

My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington.

My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington.

Presidents do make mistakes, but the immortal Dante tells us that divine justice weighs the...

Presidents do make mistakes, but the immortal Dante tells us that divine justice weighs the...

Its not easy to have the job of president. Its not easy to run for...

Its not easy to have the job of president. Its not easy to run for...