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Barack Obama Quotes - Page 81

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The problem with all these tired excuses for inaction is that it suggests a fundamental lack of faith in American business and American ingenuity.

The problem with all these tired excuses for inaction is that it suggests a fundamental lack of faith in American business and American ingenuity.

Tired, Fundamentals, Global Warming

"Coal-state Dems chisel away at Obama climate plan". www.foxnews.com. June 29, 2013.

Those of us in positions of responsibility, we'll need to be less concerned with the judgment of special interests and well-connected donors, and more concerned with the judgment of posterity.

Responsibility, Special, Needs

Barack Obama's Remarks on Climate Change in Georgetown University, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. June 25, 2013.

We can't just drill our way out of the energy and climate challenge that we face.

Challenges, Way, Faces

Twitter post from Jun 28, 2013

A low-carbon, clean energy economy can be an engine of growth for decades to come.

Growth, Energy, Clean

"US power sector to cut carbon emissions by 30% by 2030". "AM", www.abc.net.au. June 3, 2014.

The United States was founded on the idea that all people are endowed with inalienable rights, and that principle has allowed us to work to perfect our union at home while standing as a beacon of hope to the world. Today, that principle is embodied in agreements Americans helped forge - the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Geneva Conventions, and treaties against torture and genocide - and it unites us with people from every country and culture.

Country, Home, Rights

When the United States stands up for human rights, by example at home and by effort abroad, we align ourselves with men and women around the world who struggle for the right to speak their minds, to choose their leaders, and to be treated with dignity and respect. We also strengthen our security and well being, because the abuse of human rights can feed many of the global dangers that we confront - from armed conflict and humanitarian crises, to corruption and the spread of ideologies that promote hatred and violence.

Struggle, Home, Men

"Beatings, Protests, Arrests Mark 60th Annual Human Rights Day". www.huffingtonpost.com. January 10, 2009.

So on this Human Rights Day, let us rededicate ourselves to the advancement of human rights and freedoms for all, and pledge always to live by the ideals we promote to the world.

Rights, Advancement, World

"Beatings, Protests, Arrests Mark 60th Annual Human Rights Day". www.huffingtonpost.com. January 10, 2009.

No country can hide from the dangers of carbon pollution

Country, Pollution, Climate Change

Speech to UK parliament, www.cnn.com. May 25, 2011.

The issue of climate change is one that we ignore at our own peril

Issues, Climate, Peril

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

There is no shame in confusion or fear. "There was only shame in the silence fear had produced. . . . It was the silence that betrayed us."

Confusion, Silence, Grace

The silence killed your faith.

Silence, Grace

Barack Obama (2007). “Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance”, p.429, Broadway Books

The pain I felt was my father's pain.

Pain, Father, Grace

Barack Obama (2007). “Dreams From My Father”, p.430, Canongate Books

...Started by missionaries in 1841, Punahou Academy had grown into a prestigious prep school, an incubator for island elites...It hadn't been easy to get me in, my grandparents told her (my mother); there was a long waiting list, and I was considered only because of the intervention of Gramps' boss, who was an alumnus (my first experience with affirmative action, it seems, had little to do with race).

Mother, School, Islands

We're not going to deputize a whole bunch of American citizens to start grabbing people or turning them in, in part because the ordinary American citizen may not know whether or not this person is illegal or not. But, you know, the notion that we're going to criminalize priests, for example, or doctors who are providing services to individuals, and throw them in jail for doing what their calling asks them to do, which is to provide help and service to people in need, I think that is a mistake. I think that's out of America's character.

Mistake, Character, Thinking

"Transcript: NPR Democratic Candidates' Debate". www.npr.org. December 4, 2007.

But I also want to give them a pathway so that they can earn citizenship, earn a legal status, start learning English, pay a significant fine, go to the back of the line, but they can then stay here and they can have the ability to enforce a minimum wage that they're paid, make sure the worker safety laws are available, make sure that they can join a union.

Law, Safety, Giving

"Transcript: NPR Democratic Candidates' Debate". www.npr.org. December 4, 2007.

I think we can provide common-sense approaches to the issue of illegal guns that are ending up on the streets. We can make sure that criminals don't have guns in their hands. We can make certain that those who are mentally deranged are not getting a hold of handguns. We can trace guns that have been used in crimes to unscrupulous gun dealers that may be selling to straw purchasers and dumping them on the streets.

Thinking, Gun, Issues

I believe in keeping guns out of our inner cities, and that our leaders must say so in the face of the gun manufacturer's lobby.

Believe, Gun, Cities

Barack Obama (2007). “The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream”, p.215, Canongate Books

We have the power to make the world we seek, but only if we have the courage to make a new beginning.

New Beginnings, World, Environment

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

It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen; by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the very first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different, that their voice could be that difference.

Life, School, Voice

President-Elect Victory Speech, delivered 4 November 2008, Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois

It is very rare I come to an event where I’m like the fifth or sixth most interesting person.

Interesting, Events, Fifth

"Obama: 'Very Rare I Come to an Event Where I’m Like the Fifth or Sixth Most Interesting Person'" by Daniel Halper, www.weeklystandard.com. August 22, 2012.

I learned to slip back and forth between my black and white worlds. One of those tricks I had learned: People were satisfied so long as you were courteous and smiled and made no sudden moves. They were more than satisfied; they were relieved -- such a pleasant surprise to find a well-mannered young black man who didn't seem angry all the time.

Moving, Black And White, Men

[America] will stand steadfast with Israel in pursuit of security and a lasting peace.

Israel, America, Presidential

Fourth Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered 12 February 2013, Washington, D.C.

If you like your healthcare plan, you'll be able to keep your healthcare plan, period. No one will take it away, no matter what.

Presidential, Matter, Able

If you're 54 or 55, you might want to listen because this will affect you. The idea, which was originally presented by Congressman Ryan, your running mate, is that we would give a voucher to seniors and they could go out in the private marketplace and buy their own health insurance.

Senior, Running, Ideas

The problem is that because the voucher wouldn't necessarily keep up with health care inflation, it was estimated that this would cost the average senior about $6,000 a year.

Senior, Average, Years

"The First presidential debate between President Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney, in Denver". www.npr.org. October 3, 2012.

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

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