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Barack Obama Quotes - Page 77

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Listening to evangelicals bridges major political fault line.

Listening to evangelicals bridges major political fault line.

Bridges, Political, Listening

Filibuster has long tradition, but used to harm civil rights.

Rights, Long, Tradition

Healthcare system is broken without lifetime employment.

Broken, Employment, Healthcare

The market alone can't solve our health-care woes.

Care, Woe, Health Care

Barack Obama (2007). “The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream”, p.184, Canongate Books

I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors.

Grateful, Sacrifice, Today

First Presidential Inaugural Address, Delivered 20 January 2009

We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things. The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choose our better history; to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to generation: the God-given promise that all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness.

Ideas, Promise, Generations

First Presidential Inaugural Address, Delivered 20 January 2009

For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness.

Heritage, Weakness, Patchwork

First Presidential Inaugural Address, Delivered 20 January 2009

For as much as government can do and must do, it is ultimately the faith and determination of the American people upon which this nation relies. So let us mark this day with remebrance, of who we are and how far we have traveled.

Determination, Government, People

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.14, Penguin

We will outstretch the hand if you unclench your fist.

Hands, Fists, Ifs

That's just how white folks will do you. It wasn't merely the cruelty involved; I was learning that black people could be mean and then some. It was a particular brand of arrogance, an obtuseness in otherwise sane people that brought forth our bitter laughter. It was as if whites didn't know they were being cruel in the first place. Or at least thought you deserved of their scorn.

Laughter, Mean, White

Barack Obama (2007). “Dreams From My Father”, p.80, Canongate Books

Winter came and the city [Chicago] turned monochrome -- black trees against gray sky above white earth. Night now fell in midafternoon, especially when the snowstorms rolled in, boundless prairie storms that set the sky close to the ground, the city lights reflected against the clouds

Winter, Night, Clouds

perhaps I possess a certain Midwestern sensibility that I inherited from my mother and her parents, a sensibility that Warren Buffet seems to share: that at a certain point one has enough, that you can derive as much pleasure from a Picasso hanging in a museum as from one that's hanging in your den, that you can get an awfully good meal in a restaurant for less than twenty dollars, and that once your drapes cost more than the average American's yearly salary, then you can afford to pay a bit more in taxes.

Mother, Museums, Average

But at the end of the day, the circumstances of your life what you look like, where you come from, how much money you have, what you've got going on at home that's no excuse ... Where you are right now doesn't have to determine where you'll end up. No one's written your destiny for you. Here in America, you write your own destiny. You make your own future.

Home, Writing, Destiny

Barack Obama's back-to-school speech at Wakefield High School Arlington, Virginia, www.theguardian.com. September 8, 2009.

Scientists and engineers ought to stand side by side with athletes and entertainers as role models.

Athlete, Role Models, Roles

"Obama Remarks on Math, Science and Technology Education". www.washingtonpost.com. November 23, 2009.

Let me tell your something. I'm from Chicago. I don't break.

Chicago, Break, Let Me

Someone once said that every man is trying to live up to his father's expectations or make up for their father's mistakes.

Father, Mistake, Men

make away out of no way

Way

A More Perfect Union, delivered 18 March 2008, Philadelphia, PA

Get involved in an issue that you're passionate about. It almost doesn't matter what it is ... We give too much of our power away, to the professional politicians, to the lobbyists, to cynicism. And our democracy suffers as a result.

Inspirational, Issues, Giving

That is the true genius of America, a faith in the simple dreams of its people, the insistence on small miracles. That we can say what we think, write what we think, without hearing a sudden knock on the door. That we can have an idea and start our own business without paying a bribe or hearing a sudden knock on the door. That we can participate in the political process without fear of retribution, and that our votes will be counted.

Dream, Fear, Business

Barack Obama (2008). “An American Story: The Speeches of Barack Obama : a Primer”, Independent Publishing Group

America must always lead on the world stage. If we don't, no one else will. The military that you have joined is, and always will be, the backbone of that leadership. But U.S. military action cannot be the only - or even primary - component of our leadership in every instance. Just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail.

Graduation, Military, Mean

Remarks by the President at the United States Military Academy Commencement Ceremony, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. May 28, 2014.

People are very hungry for something new. I think they are interested in being called to be a part of something larger than the sort of small, petty, slash-and-burn politics that we have been seeing over the last several years.

Thinking, Years, People

For the sake of our security, our economy and our planet, we must have the courage and commitment to change.

Change, Commitment, Sake

Barack Obama's speech on Jobs, Energy Independence, and Climate Change, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. January 26, 2009.

This is the moment when we must come together to save this planet.

Teamwork, Together, Action

Address to the People of Berlin, delivered 24 July 2008, Victory Column

I don't look at my pension. It's not as big as yours so it doesn't take as long.

Long, Looks, Election

Second presidential debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y, www.foxnews.com. October 16, 2012.

Please proceed, Governor.

Important, Election, Please

Presidential debate transcript, questions, www.politico.com. October 16, 2012.

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

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