In the course of a healthy debate, we prioritize different goals, and the different means of reaching them. But without some common baseline of facts, without a willingness to admit new information and concede that your opponent might be making a fair point, and that science and reason matter - then we're going to keep talking past each other, and we'll make common ground and compromise impossible.
Barack ObamaThe future rewards those who press on. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I'm going to press on.
Barack ObamaWe've got to make sure that our economy is strong at home so that we can project military power overseas.
Barack ObamaIt requires enormous energy for us to cut the African American uninsured rate by a third. A lot of scars.
Barack ObamaWhat I want all of you to know is that we are going to bring those who killed our fellow Americans to justice.
Barack ObamaTogether we can change our culture for the better by ending violence against women and girls, artists have a unique power to change minds and attitudes and get us thinking and talking about what matters, and all of us, in our lives, have the power to set an example. Join our campaign to stop this violence.
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