I will cut taxes – cut taxes – for 95 percent of all working families, because, in an economy like this, the last thing we should do is raise taxes on the middle class.
Just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail.
Two-thirds of Americans believe that, after a baby’s heart is beating and they can feel pain, that they need some protection.
And I will do everything that I can as long as I am President of the United States to remind the American people that we are one nation under God, and we may call that God different names but we remain one nation.
I think that there’s no doubt that as I see friends, families, children of gay couples who are thriving, you know, that has an impact on how I think about these issues.
I will never turn Medicare into a voucher. No American should ever have to spend their golden years at the mercy of insurance companies. They should retire with the care and dignity they have earned.
I’ve been very good for gun manufacturers.
Let us remember that we can do these things not just because of wealth or power, but because of who we are: one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
No country should deny people their rights because of who they love, which is why we must stand up for the rights of gays and lesbians everywhere.
You might slow down a little bit, you might not jump as high as you used to, but I know what I’m doing and I’m fearless.
So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can. It’s just that it will bankrupt them because they’re going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that’s being emitted.
The easiest way to save money is to waste less energy.
I always believe that ultimately, if people are paying attention, then we get good government and good leadership. And when we get lazy, as a democracy and civically start taking shortcuts, then it results in bad government and politics.
It was unknowable then, but so much of the progress that would define the 20th century, on both sides of the Atlantic, came down to the battle for a slice of beach only 6 miles long and 2 miles wide.
I think it was not a bad idea to wrap Barack Obama in the mantle of Teddy Roosevelt. He’s been assuming a sort of progressive mantle, and he ticked off some large and systemic problems that this country faces.
We are an American family and we rise and fall together as one nation.
It betrays a poverty of ambition if all you think about is what goods you can buy instead of what good you can do.
If you work hard. And are responsible. You should be rewarded.
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