We've got to control our own energy. Now, not only oil and natural gas, which we've been investing in; but also, we've got to make sure we're building the energy source of the future, not just thinking about next year, but ten years from now, 20 years from now. That's why we've invested in solar and wind and biofuels, energy efficient cars.
Barack ObamaToday we are engaged in a deadly global struggle for those who would intimidate, torture, and murder people for exercising the most basic freedoms. If we are to win this struggle and spread those freedoms, we must keep our own moral compass pointed in a true direction.
Barack Obama[White House] feels even more like home now because you have all these memories that were formed watching your kids grow up.
Barack ObamaAnd I do not want, and I will not accept, a deal in which I am asked to do nothing, in fact, I'm able to keep hundreds of thousands of dollars in additional income that I don't need, while a parent out there who is struggling to figure out how to send their kid to college suddenly finds that they've got a couple thousand dollars less in grants or student loans.
Barack ObamaEach and every time, a new generation has risen up and done whatโs needed to be done. Today we are called once more โ and it is time for our generation to answer that call. For that is our unyielding faith โ that in the face of impossible odds, people who love their country can change it.
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