Dr. Benjamin Rush, a Pennsylvanian who signed the Declaration of Independence, wrote that the war was only the first step in the Revolution's destiny to transform America and the world.
We could transform America right now, rebuilding our roads and our bridges and our airports and also rebuilding a new infrastructure for the 21st century -- high-speed rail and a new generation of air traffic control that could actually save 15 percent of fuel costs and as a consequence reduce global warming.
WHITEHOUSE: Remarks by the President at a DNC Event in Washington, DC
When he became president in 1913, he boasted that he could transform Latin America, if not the rest of the world, into constitutional democracies in America's image.
Politicians with vision could use the first decade of the 21st century to transform the way America's government raises money and to recast the way its citizens provide for their retirement.
These are the stores, the restaurants, the start-ups and other companies that create two out of every three new jobs in this country -- and that grow into the big businesses that transform industries, here in America and around the world.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama on Bipartisan Leadership Meeting
To begin with, we've reaffirmed America's commitment to transform our energy economy at home.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama at Copenhagen Climate Change Conference
Just think of what America will be as we transform our energy agenda by creating millions of green jobs and building a new, clean energy future.
Yet the claim that campaign-finance reform will transform the prospects for other policy changes in America seems hugely exaggerated.
Now, for example, we all agree that education is the key to a 21st century economy. (Applause.) We all agree that the best anti-poverty program around is a world-class education. (Applause.) So why don't we work together to transform our schools, so that every child in America can compete with their counterparts around the world, from Beijing to Bangalore.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Holds a Town Hall in New Hampshire
There was no thought that the Internet would soon transform electronic services when, after several painful metamorphoses, America Online went public on the Nasdaq in 1992.
NATO, they must spend more money on defence and transform their bloated armies into smaller fighting forces, easily inter-operable with America's.
If implemented, the theory runs, these proposals would transform East Asia into a cohesive economic block, with as much clout as Europe or America.
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We operate in poor communities throughout Latin America, Africa, India, and China and see firsthand how these services help transform lives, create opportunities, and build stronger, more resilient communities.
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But when I think about Senator Byrd, what I think about is somebody who, during the course of an unparalleled career, not only helped to transform the institution of the Senate but, through his own personal transformation, embodied the kind of changes in America that have made us more equal, more just, more fair.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama on the Economy & Financial Reform
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