The United States, we know what happens when we start dividing ourselves along lines of race or religion or ethnicity.
Barack ObamaThe trade agreement itself does have labor and environmental protections, but we have to stand for human rights and we have to make sure that violence isn't being perpetrated against workers who are just trying to organize for their rights.
Barack ObamaThe arc of the moral universe may bend towards justice, but it doesn't bend on its own.
Barack ObamaClimate change poses a direct threat to the infrastructure of America that we need to stay competitive in this 21st-century economy.
Barack ObamaMy life story is something obviously that belongs to me very personally. And the fact of the matter is that I had choices and chances and opportunities that were provided to me, based on the way I was able to direct my own decision-making. And what I'm working to fight for is to make sure that all women have the ability to do that.
Barack ObamaFor the sake of our children and our future, we must do more to combat climate change. Now, it's true that no single event makes a trend. But the fact is the 12 hottest years on record have all come in the last 15. Heat waves, droughts, wildfires, floods-all are now more frequent and more intense. We can choose to believe that Superstorm Sandy, and the most severe drought in decades, and the worst wildfires some states have ever seen were all just a freak coincidence. Or we can choose to believe in the overwhelming judgment of science-and act before it's too late.
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