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Hi, and Merry Christmas. I’m honored to have the chance to speak with you and your family this year. Recently, we learned that our governments, working in concert, have created a system of worldwide mass surveillance, watching everything we do. Great Britain’s George Orwell warned us of the danger of this kind of information. The types of collection in the book—microphones a...
Well, welcome to the White House,everybody. And that was one of the best introductions I’ve ever had. (Applause.) So we’re so proud of Kiara for the introduction and for sharing yourstory, and you’re just so poised. And Iknow Geoff Canada is just out there all excited — (laughter) — and proud, andI know your mom is proud. I know she is. She should be. Kiara and t...
I once knew someone who spent a year in a plaster cast recovering from an operation on his back. He read a lot, and thought a lot, and felt miserable. Later, he realised this time of forced retreat from the world had helped him to understand the world more clearly. We all need to get the balance right between action and reflection. With so many distractions, it is easy to fo...
Dobriy Viecher Sochi! I am Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations. My warmest greetings to IOC President Honorable Thomas Bach and all those gathered for the 22nd Winter Olympic Games! The Olympics and Paralympics bring out the best in athletic achievement. The Olympic Flame also illuminates hope for our common humanity. Even in the cold winter weather, barrier...
THE PRESIDENT: Hello. My name is Shelly Ortiz — oh, wrong page. (Laughter.) I was just teasing. I knew I wasn’tShelly Ortiz. (Laughter.) Everybody give Shelly a big round of applausefor the great work. (Applause.) Thank you so much. Thanks for not only the introduction, but forthe beautiful video that you made about your dad. Us dads, we get pretty touched by stuff lik...
MRS. OBAMA: Hello! (Applause.) Well, hellothere. Yay, yay, yay! You guys rest. Sit yourselves down. Welcome to the White House – or the buildingacross the street from the White House. (Laughter.) It’s the samething. I am so glad you all could joinus as we celebrate African American History Month. And I want to thank Valerie for thatintroduction and for everything she’s doing...
I thank Lord Mayor Woolf for her very kind words. I am deeply honoured and yet humbled. I would like to dedicate this award to the people of Singapore who have worked so hard to build our nation. Special credit must go to our Pioneer Generation, who dreamt of a far better Singa¬pore when we became independent, and took us a long way along the journey there. This award a...
Good afternoon,everybody. Over the lastseveral days, the United States has been responding to events as they unfold inUkraine. Throughout this crisis, we have been very clear about onefundamental principle: The Ukrainian people deserve the opportunity todetermine their own future. Together with our European allies, we haveurged an end to the violence and encouraged Ukrainian...
Thank you. Thank you very much. (Applause.) Thank you so much. Please,please, have a seat. Thank you. What a singular honor it is forme to be here today. I want to thank,first and foremost, the Johnson family for giving us this opportunity and thegraciousness with which Michelle and I have been received. We came down a little bit latebecause we were upstairs looking at some ...
Good afternoon, everybody, andhappy Thanksgiving. The office of the presidency –the most powerful position in the world — brings with it many awesome andsolemn responsibilities. This is not oneof them. (Laughter.) But the White House Turkey Pardon is a greattradition. And I know Malia loves it –as does Sasha. Generally speaking, Thanksgivingis a bad day to ...
Your Excellency Prime Minister Yingluck ShinawatraITU Secretary-General Dr. Hamadoun TouréExcellencies,Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to send greetings to the Connect Asia-Pacific Summit, and I thank the Government of Thailand for hosting. The Asia-Pacific region is vast and diverse. It has numerous dynamic centres of innovation in manufacturing and information and commu...
Good evening, everybody. Please have a seat. Have a seat. Well, welcome to the White House. Everybody looks fabulous. I am truly honored to be one of Michelle Obama’s guests tonight here at dinner. (Laughter.) I want to thank all the governors and their better halves for being here tonight, especially your chair, Mary Fallin, and your vice chair, John Hickenlooper. (Applause...
It’s a New Year –and for Britain there can only be one New Year’s resolution—to stick to thelong-term plan that is turning our country around. When we came tooffice, our economy was on its knees. Three and a halfyears later, we are turning a corner. We see it in thebusinesses that are opening up, the people who are getting decent jobs, thefactories that are making British go...
THE PRESIDENT: Hello everybody, and happy holidays. THE FIRST LADY: We know how busy this time of year is for everyone, so we’re not going to take much of your time. But we did want to take a moment to wish you all a Merry Christmas, from our family to yours. THE PRESIDENT: This is a season for millions of Americans to be together with family, to continue long-held holiday t...
Well, good evening,everyone. On behalf of Michelle andmyself, welcome to the White House. Thisis truly one of our favorite nights of the year, and not just because ofeveryone who visits the White House — this group also usually wins “bestdressed” award. (Laughter.) All of you look spectacular. I am a little disappointed that CarlosSantana wore one of his more conservat...
In our lives — in our joys andin our sorrows — we’ve learned that there is “a time for every matter underheaven.” We laugh and we weep. We celebrate and we mourn. We serve in war and we pray for peace. But Scripture also teaches that, alongsidethe temporal, one thing is eternal. “Love bears all things, believes allthings, hopes all things, endures all things. Lov...
(Applause.) Thank you very much. And I’m so late you probably thought you weregoing to hear from the 48th Vice President of the United States. (Laughter.) I apologize. I always, when I’mlate at home, always blame it on the President. But I can’t do that today, and I apologize for keeping you waiting. I remember 220 years ago, when Iwas in college, you only had to wait 10 min...
Thank you very much. Thank you for that warm welcome. Good day, everyone. Greetings to all of mycolleagues. Thank you, Minister Glover,Shelly, for your kind introduction. Greetings to everyone, toMinister Candice Bergen, Joy Smith, Bob Sopuck, James Bezan, Joyce Bateman, RodBruinooge, Lawrence Toet, all of my colleagues, Steven Fletcher. Also to our distinguished guests,to P...
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much. (Applause.) Everybody, please have a seat. Thank you. Well, it is wonderful to be here,and I always look forward to an opportunity to speak to some of our topbusinesses across the country who are hiring people, investing in America,making the economy run. And many of youI’ve had a chance to interact with before. As you know, oftentimes when ...
THE PRESIDENT: Hello, St. Paul! (Applause.) It is good to be back in Minnesota. (Applause.) AUDIENCE MEMBER: We love you! THE PRESIDENT: I love you back. That’s why I came here. Good to see you. Although, can I just say that when we got off the plane, Secretary Foxx, who is from North Carolina, turned to me and he said, this is the coldest I’ve ever been in my life. (Laughte...