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Obama: ‘The World Has Never Been Less Violent’
cnsnews.com ^ | 7/21/16 | cns news staff

Posted on 07/21/2016 10:42:49 AM PDT by ColdOne

“So it is worth reminding ourselves of how lucky we are to be living in the most peaceful, most prosperous, most progressive era in human history,” Obama said in the speech.

“Because the world has never been less violent, healthier, better educated, more tolerant, with more opportunity for more people, and more connected than it is today,” he also said.

Here are excerpts from the president’s speech as transcribed on the White House website:

Obviously, this has been a tough couple of weeks, not just here in the United States but around the world. And that’s being amplified to some degree during political season. So I think maybe it’s worth stepping back for a moment. This is a challenging time--with threats of terrorism, an international order that is buffeted by all different kinds of events, a sense that globalization is leaving too many people behind and expanding inequality within countries, even if we are seeing progress in the aggregate.

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To: ExTexasRedhead

Says the Caliph of Corruption, trying to start a world war after fomenting conflicts in much of the globe...


61 posted on 07/21/2016 5:11:19 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: beethovenfan

He’s never been off the pipe, one type or another..


62 posted on 07/21/2016 5:12:53 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: ColdOne
‘The World Has Never Been Less Violent Vigilant’
63 posted on 07/21/2016 5:13:32 PM PDT by kevao (Biblical Jesus: Give your money to the poor. Socialist Jesus: Give your neighbor's money to the poor)
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To: ColdOne

and there is no inflation and there is low unemployment too.........


64 posted on 07/21/2016 8:01:02 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: ColdOne
He’s repeating the same lie from two years ago?
65 posted on 07/21/2016 8:05:04 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: ColdOne

This moon god worshipper is a complete loon.


66 posted on 07/21/2016 10:10:00 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: ExTexasRedhead

The POS snmirks everytime TROP/BLM murders people.


67 posted on 07/22/2016 8:31:22 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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