Barack Obama actually said...

Our way of life—the freedom, prosperity and security that we enjoy as Americans—is not a gift that is simply handed to us.

The President's Weekly Address

12/12/2014

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The only way to change this system is to engage it, not to withdraw from it.

Our new approach to Cuba is not based on the premise that the human rights situation there has improved.

Cuba's future is for the Cuban people to design.

He called for free and fair elections, and pledged U.S. support for these aims.