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"Our brand of democracy is hard. But I can promise that a year from now, when I no longer hold this office, I'll be right there with you as a citizen - inspired by those voices of fairness and vision, of grit and good humor and kindness that have helped America travel so far."
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"The test of good citizenship is loyalty to country."
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"We must acknowledge and take responsibility for the conflicts we have helped to create, and act to create real change. That, after all, is the true hallmark of democracy--a commitment to justice, honest self-appraisal, and action--even when it means challenging ourselves and the political institutions we hold most dear."
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"Nevertheless, (Jefferson) believed that the habit of skepticism is an essential prerequisite for responsible citizenship. He argued that the cost of education is trivial compared to the cost of ignorance, of leaving government to the wolves. He taught that the country is safe only when the people rule."
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"No other country on earth could have provided such tremendous opportunities and we should never take the privilege of our citizenship for granted."
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"Nothing could be more insulting to me than the concept of civil rights. It means perpetual second-class citizenship for me and my kind."
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"We are responsible for our country before God."
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"A responsible citizen is the one that sees something wrong in the society, something he is not satisfied with or that he cannot agree with and responds not by blaming the government or leaders. But by designing ways and means of bringing a lasting solution to the issues at hand."
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"There are only three types of citizenship: hero, villain, nobody."
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"Well I don't know, I might have lost my citizenship, I don't think you can lose your citizenship though."
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"People tell me that I should become a politician but I say no I want to do something good for the nation."
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"We can't have special interests sitting shotgun. We gotta have middle class families up in front. We don't mind the Republicans joining us. They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back."
Politics
"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."
Government
"I just want to go through Central Park and watch folks passing by. Spend the whole day watching people. I miss that."
Perception
"We want everybody to act like adults, quit playing games, realize that it's not just my way or the highway."
Unity
"I've been fighting with Acorn, alongside Acorn, on issues you care about, my entire career."
Education
"Our combat mission is ending, but our commitment to Iraq's future is not."
War
"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."
Unity
"This is the moment when we must build on the wealth that open markets have created, and share its benefits more equitably. Trade has been a cornerstone of our growth and global development. But we will not be able to sustain this growth if it favors the few, and not the many."
Politics
"Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we're hardwired not to always think clearly when we're scared. And the country's scared."
Fear
"We all knew this. We all knew that it would take more time than any of us want to dig ourselves out of this hole created by this economic crisis."
Perception
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