Quote by Barack Obama
My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abid

My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success. – Barack Obama

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When we think of the major threats to our national security, the first to come to mind are nuclear proliferation, rogue states and global terrorism. But another kind of threat lurks beyond our shores, one from nature, not humans – an avian flu pandemic. – Barack Obama

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Nature
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We worship an awesome God in the Blue States, and we dont like federal agents poking around our libraries in the Red States. We coach Little League in the Blue States and have gay friends in the Red States. – Barack Obama

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God
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I can make a firm pledge, under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes. – Barack Obama

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Theres been some research in cognitive science, Im told, that discloses that there have always been perhaps 10 to 15 percent of people who are, as Pascal puts it, so made that they cannot believe. To us, when people talk about faith, its white noise. – Christopher Hitchens

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Faith

Faith is to believe what you do not see the reward of this faith is to see what you believe. – Saint Augustine

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To accept on faith is the basic requirement for getting on with life. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Workers have kept faith in American institutions. Most of the conflicts, which have occurred have been when labors right to live has been challenged and denied. – John L. Lewis

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The Communist regime didnt consider this to be a shining moment in history and assigned no heroism to it. They classified it as merely an accident. – Kathryn Bigelow

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The craft Emmys are kind of the kids table at Thanksgiving. Youre not really invited to the big dance. Its still really, really exciting, and the statue still counts. – Hank Azaria

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America is the greatest nation ever founded. The ideals are the greatest ever espoused in human history, and we just need the country to live up to them. But what I worry about are the 1 million black men in the prison system. – Henry Louis Gates

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History

My mom didnt want me to go to college. She didnt want me to read – when I read, I may as well have been holding a pineapple. – Lynda Barry

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