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Barack Obama Quotes - Page 30

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The Holy Koran teaches that whoever kills an innocent is as - it is as if he has killed all mankind.

The Holy Koran teaches that whoever kills an innocent is as - it is as if he has killed all mankind.

Politics, Innocent, Holy

'The Rachel Maddow Show', www.nbcnews.com. June 4, 2009.

Let us reach for the world that ought to be -- that spark of the divine that still stirs within each of our souls.

Soul, World, Sparks

Nobel Prize for Peace Acceptance Speech and Lecture, delivered 10 December 2009, Oslo City Hall, Oslo, Norway

I love listening to these guys give us lectures about debt and deficits. I inherited a trillion-dollar deficit. ... This notion that somehow we caused the deficits is just wrong. It's just not true. ... If they start trying to give you a bunch of facts and figures suggesting that it's true, what they're not telling you is they baked all this stuff into the cake with those tax cuts and a prescription drug plan that they didn't pay for and the wars.

War, Cutting, Cake

"Remarks at an Obama Victory Fund 2012 Fundraiser in Baltimore, Maryland". www.presidency.ucsb.edu. June 12, 2012.

When we don't pay close attention to the decisions made by our leaders, when we fail to educate ourselves about the major issues of the day, when we choose not to make our voices and opinions heard, that's when democracy breaks down. That's when power is abused. That's when the most extreme voices in our society fill the void that we leave. That's when powerful interests and their lobbyists are most able to buy access and influence in the corridors of power - because none of us are there to speak up and stop them.

Powerful, Voice, Issues

"Obama Michigan Graduation Speech". www.huffingtonpost.com. May 20, 2010.

It is easy to get to a higher number when you are not asking anything difficult from yourself.

Numbers, Asking, Easy

"Obama Warns Cantor As Debt Talks Stall: ‘Don’t Call My Bluff’" by Sam Stein, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 13, 2011.

And terrorists who seek to harm our citizens will feel the long arm of American justice.

Long, Justice, Arms

"Barack Obama condemns 'brutal murder' of American photojournalist" by Martin Chulov and Emma Graham-Harrison, www.theguardian.com. December 6, 2014.

Battling terrorism must go beyond belligerence vs. isolation.

Isolation, Terrorism, Belligerence

I don't believe that the American people want us to focus on our job security. They want us to focus on their job security. I don't think they want more gridlock. I don't think they want more partisanship. I don't think they want more obstruction. They didn't send us to Washington to fight each other in some sort of political steel-cage match to see who comes out alive. That's not what they want. They sent us to Washington to work together, to get things done, and to solve the problems that they're grappling with every single day.

Jobs, Believe, Fighting

Barack Obama's remarks at GOP House Issues Conference in Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel, Baltimore, Maryland, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. January 29, 2010.

Isil poses a threat to the people of Iraq and Syria, and the broader Middle East - including American citizens, personnel and facilities. If left unchecked, these terrorists could pose a growing threat beyond that region, including to the United States.

Safe Haven, Iraq, People

"James Foley on the Dehumanization of War: Acclaimed Filmmaker Haskell Wexler Shares 2012 Interview". www.democracynow.org. September 12, 2014.

Yes, our greatness as a nation has depended on individual initiative, on a belief in the free market. But it has also depended on our sense of mutual regard for each other, of mutual responsibility. The idea that everybody has a stake in the country, that we're all in it together and everybody's got a shot at opportunity. Americans know this. We know that government can't solve all our problems - and we don't want it to. But we also know that there are some things we can't do on our own. We know that there are some things we do better together.

Country, Responsibility, Opportunity

Barack Obama (2009). “Barack Obama: Speeches on the Road to the White House”

I do believe, separate and apart from any particular election or movement, that we are going to have to guard against a rise in a crude sort of nationalism or ethnic identity or tribalism that is built around an us and a them.

Believe, Identity, Movement

Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras of Greece in Joint Press Conference, Maximos Mansion, Athens, Greece, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. November 15, 2016.

I just want to go through Central Park and watch folks passing by. Spend the whole day watching people. I miss that.

Passing By, Central Park, People

We will kill bin Laden. We will crush al Qaeda. That has to be our biggest national security priority.

Crush, Priorities, Als

"The Rachel Maddow Show", www.msnbc.com. May 2, 2011.

Yes, we can. Yes, we can change. Yes, we can.

Yes We Can

South Carolina Democratic Primary Victory Speech, delivered 26 January 2008

I do not want two classes of citizens in this country. I want everybody to prosper. That's going to be a top priority.

Country, Class, Two

Democratic Debate in Austin, Tex., www.nytimes.com. February 21, 2008.

The single biggest threat that we face is a nuclear weapon or some weapon of mass destruction. What that means is that we have to be extraordinarily aggressive and vigilant in controlling nuclear proliferation.

Mean, Mass Destruction, Nuclear

Barack Obama during debate with Republican former Ambassador Alan Keyes, www.keyesarchives.com. October 12, 2004.

They assert that their program is purely peaceful. . . . We want them to demonstrate clearly in the actions they propose that they have truly abandoned any nuclear weapons ambition.

Ambition, Peaceful, Nuclear

Our intelligence agencies will continue to gather information about the intentions of governments - as opposed to ordinary citizens - around the world, in the same way that the intelligence services of every other nation does. We will not apologize simply because our services may be more effective.

Agency, Government, Nsa

President Obama’s speech on NSA reforms, www.washingtonpost.com. January 17, 2014.

And, as a consequence of the pressure that we've applied over the last couple of weeks, we have Syria -- for the first time -- acknowledging that it has chemical weapons, agreeing to join the convention that prohibits the use of chemical weapons, and the Russians -- their primary sponsors -- saying that they will push Syria to get all of their chemical weapons out. The distance that we've traveled over these couple of weeks is remarkable.

Couple, Distance, Justice

"Full Transcript: President Obama Speaks Exclusively to George Stephanopoulos on 'This Week'". "This Week" with George Stephanopoulos, abcnews.go.com. September 15, 2013.

I promised to bring change to Washington. The underlying reason for the economic mess we're in has been building for years. It's a fundamental imbalance in which the top 1 percent now gets almost a quarter of all national income. We haven't seen income and wealth this concentrated since the late nineteen twenties, and we all know what happened then - the Great Depression. We'll never really get out of the gravitational pull of the Great Recession until we fix this basic problem.

Great Depression, Problem, Wealth

We have to think about affirmative action and craft it in such a way where some of our children, who are advantaged, aren't getting more favorable treatment than a poor white kid who struggled more.

Children, Kids, Thinking

"Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer", www.cnn.com. July 27, 2008.

And that means that no matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise to the American people: If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor, period. If you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan, period. No one will take it away, no matter what.

Mean, Doctors, Keeping Promises

Unfortunately, you've grown up hearing voices that incessantly warn of government as nothing more than some separate, sinister entity that's at the root of all our problems. Some of these same voices also do their best to gum up the works. They'll warn that tyranny is always lurking just around the corner. You should reject these voices.

Government, Voice, Roots

"Obama doubles down in advocating active government, as GOP warns of excess" by Doug McKelway, www.foxnews.com. May 7, 2013.

Each and every time, a new generation has risen up and done what’s needed to be done. Today we are called once more — and it is time for our generation to answer that call. For that is our unyielding faith — that in the face of impossible odds, people who love their country can change it.

Country, Odds, Our Generation

Official Announcement of Candidacy for US President, Delivered 10 February 2007, Springfield, Illinois

The easiest way to get 15 minutes of fame is to be rude to somebody.

Rude, Way, Fame

Source: www.realclearpolitics.com