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Barack Obama Quotes - Page 76

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We have a choice. We can shape our future, or let events shape it for us. And if we want to succeed, we can't fall back on the stale debates and old divides that won't move us forward.

We have a choice. We can shape our future, or let events shape it for us. And if we want to succeed, we can't fall back on the stale debates and old divides that won't move us forward.

Powerful, Moving, Fall

Remarks From President Obama and Prime Minister Brown, www.nytimes.com. April 1, 2009.

I am living testimony to the moral force of non-violence. I know there's nothing weak - nothing passive - nothing naïve - in the creed and lives of Gandhi and King.

Kings, Powerful, Violence

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

No development strategy can be based only upon what comes out of the ground, nor can it be sustained while young people are out of work.

Powerful, People, Development

A New Beginning: Speech at Cairo University, delivered 4 June 2009, Cairo, Egypt

Tonight, let us think back to the sense of unity that prevailed on 9/11.

Powerful, Thinking, Unity

Announces the Death of Osama Bin Laden, delivered 1 May 2011

I've been struck by how hungry we all are for a different kind of politics. So I've spent some time thinking about how I could best advance the cause of change and progress that we so desperately need.

Powerful, Thinking, Progress

Barack Oba,a's remarks in a video posting, announcing his candidacy for President of the United States, January 16, 2007.

Throughout American history, there have been moments that call on us to meet the challenges of an uncertain world, and pay whatever price is required to secure our freedom.

Powerful, Challenges, World

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

There are very few moments in our lives where we have the privilege to witness history taking place. This is one of those moments. This is one of those times.

Powerful, Privilege, Moments

Barack Obama's remarks on Egypt at the White House in Washington, D.C., obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. February 11, 2011.

The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether government works.

Government, Today, Bigs

Barack Obama (2009). “The Inaugural Address, 2009: Together with Abraham Lincoln's First and Second Inaugural Addresses and The Gettysburg Address and Ralph Waldo Emerson's Self-Reliance”, p.11, Penguin

I will not stand by while the special interests use the same old tactics to keep things exactly the way they are ... Not this time. Not now.

Special, Use, Tactics

United States. President (2009- : Obama), Barack Obama (2009). “The President's Address Before a Joint Session of Congress: Message from the President of the United States Transmitting the President's Address Before a Joint Session of Congress”

Will not collect a ransom in exchange for not crashing the American economy.

Ransom, Economy, American Economy

"Obama Warns Of Dangerous Consequences If Debt Limit Isn't Raised". "All Things Considered" with Audie Cornish, www.npr.org. January 14, 2013.

So don't get cynical. Cynicism didn't put a man on the moon. Cynicism has never won a war, or cured a disease, or built a business, or fed a young mind. Cynicism is a choice. And hope will always be a better choice.

War, Moon, Men

Even when our heart aches, we summon the strength that maybe we didn't even know we had, and we carry on; we finish the race.

Heart, Race, Ache

"President Obama's remarks at Boston interfaith prayer service - full text", www.theguardian.com. April 18, 2013.

Thank you, Planned Parenthood. God bless you.

Parenthood, God Bless You, God Bless

Barack Obama's remarks at the Planned Parenthood Conference at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C., obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. April 26, 2013.

For decades, we've been told that it doesn't make economic sense to switch to renewable energy. Today, that's no longer true.

Energy, Today, Economic

"Obama's new climate change call: Yes we can" by Andrew Restuccia And Edward-Isaac Dovere, www.politico.com. August 24, 2015.

Hunter Pence eats pizza with a fork.

Hunters, Forks, Pizza

I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems.

Cutting, Defense, Investment

"L.A. Times Predicts: More Negative Ads On Michelle Obama Coming". www.huffingtonpost.com. June 19, 2008.

The arts are what makes life worth living. You've got food, you've got shelter, yeah. But the things that make you laugh, make you cry, make you connect - make you love are communicated through the arts. They aren't extras.

Art, Laughing, Shelter

So I'm not proposing anything radical. I just believe that anybody making over $250,000 a year should go back to the income tax rates we were paying under Bill Clinton. Back when our economy created nearly 23 million new jobs, the biggest budget surplus in history, and plenty of millionaires to boot. ... At the same time, most people agree that we should not raise taxes on middle-class families or small businesses -- not when so many folks are just trying to get by.

Jobs, Believe, Years

You know, it's fashionable right now for people to be cynical. We go in cycles like this and right now a lot of people are saying, 'Oh, America is doing terribly' and 'What are we going to do?'

America, People, Cynical

We created a whole lot of millionaires to boot. Businesses did just fine. And you know there are plenty of patriotic, successful Americans all across the country -- I meet them every day -- who'd be willing to make this contribution again because they understand there is such a thing as the common good. They understand that we're in this thing together.

Country, Patriotic, Successful

Gas tax holiday is a classic Washington gimmick.

Holiday, Gimmicks, Classic

Constitution is a living document; no strict constructionism.

Constitution, Strict, Documents

No black or white America-just United States of America.

White, America, Black

Some heinous crimes justify the ultimate punishment.

Punishment, Crime, Justify

Public school system status quo is indefensible.

School, Status Quo, Public School

"The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream". Book by Barack Obama, 2006.

Born: b. August 4, 1961
Occupation: 44th U.S. President

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