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Barack Obama Quotes - Page 91

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What is the empathy deficit? The inability of people to stand in other folks shoes. It's hard to empathize with people who have different values than you

What is the empathy deficit? The inability of people to stand in other folks shoes. It's hard to empathize with people who have different values than you

Shoes, People, Empathy

America is a land of big dreamers and big hopes. It is this hope that has sustained us through revolution and civil war, depression and world war, a struggle for civil and social rights and the brink of nuclear crisis. And it is because our dreamers dreamed that we have emerged from each challenge more united, more prosperous, and more admired than before.

Depression, War, Struggle

Commencement Address at Knox College, delivered 4 June 2005, Galesburg, Illinois

Libraries remind us that truth isn't about who yells the loudest, but who has the right information. Because even as we're the most religious of people, America's innovative genius has always been preserved because we also have a deep faith in facts.

Religious, America, People

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

There are so many errors and misstatements in that list that I won't even begin to name them. Obama was right about one thing, though - Islam has always been a part of America's story.

America, Errors, Names

Specifically, the part where in the early 19th century America reconstituted the U.S. Marine Corps to battle the Islamic Barbary Pirates, though I don't think that's what Obama meant.

Islamic, Marine, Thinking

I've been to 57 states.

Politics, States

This Administration also puts forward a false choice between the liberties we cherish and the security we demand... That means no more illegal wire-tapping of American citizens. No more national security letters to spy on citizens who are not suspected of a crime. No more tracking citizens who do nothing more than protest a misguided war. No more ignoring the law when it is inconvenient. That is not who we are.

War, Mean, Law

When it comes to telephone calls, nobody is listening to your telephone calls. That's not what this program is about. ... What the intelligence community is doing is looking at phone numbers, and durations of calls; they are not looking at people's names and they're not looking at content. ... If the intelligence committee actually wants to listen to a phone call they have to go back to a federal judge, just like they would in a criminal investigation.

Phones, Nsa, Names

Obama's Remarks on Health Care and Surveillance, www.nytimes.com. June 7, 2013.

With respect to the Internet and emails, this does not apply to U.S. citizens and it does not apply to people living in the United States.

Nsa, People, Email

"Using Metadata to Catch a Whistleblower" by Peter Van Buren, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 27, 2014.

One of the things we're going to have to discuss and debate is how are we striking this balance between the need to keep the American people safe and our concerns about privacy. Because there are some trade-offs involved. I welcome this debate, and I think it's healthy for our democracy.

Thinking, Nsa, People

"Around The World" with Michael Holmes, www.cnn.com. June 7, 2013.

I don't welcome leaks. There's a reason why these programs are classified.

Nsa, Reason Why, Welcome

My relationship with Silicon Valley and the tech community historically has been really good. Many of these folks are my friends.

Nsa, Community, Good Man

What is portrayed as high-minded positions on issues sometimes is just designed to carve out some of their commercial interests.

Nsa, Issues, Sometimes

"White House. Red Chair. Obama Meets Swisher." by Kara Swisher, www.recode.net. February 15, 2015.

A number of countries, including some who have loudly criticized the NSA, privately acknowledge that America has special responsibilities as the world's only superpower, that our intelligence capabilities are critical to meeting these responsibilities, and that they themselves have relied on the information we obtain to protect their own people.

Country, Responsibility, Nsa

"Obama revamps U.S. surveillance" by Josh Gerstein and Reid J. Epstein, www.politico.com. January 17, 2014.

I have Muslim members of my family. I have lived in Muslim countries.

Family, Country, My Family

"Obama Al-arabiya Interview: Full Text". Interview with Hisham Melhem, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 27, 2009.

I'm a Christian by choice.

Christian, Choices

"Obama discusses his Christian faith, chides Republicans in backyard chat" by Anne E. Kornblut and William Branigin, www.washingtonpost.com. September 28, 2010.

No one is pro-abortion.

Life, Choices, Abortion

One of the great strengths of the United States is... we have a very large Christian population - we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values.

Christian, United States, Population

"Newsweek is Wrong: Christian America is as Strong as Ever" by Jeff Schweitzer, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 9, 2009.

What do you think a stimulus is? It’s spending - that's the whole point! Seriously.

Thinking, Spending, Stimulus

"At Dem retreat, a partisan love fest" by Patrick O'Connor, Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. February 5, 2009.

Cutting the deficit by gutting our investments in innovation and education is like lightening an overloaded airplane by removing its engine. It may make you feel like you're flying high at first, but it won't take long before you feel the impact.

Education, Teaching, Airplane

Second Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered 25 January 2011, Washington, D.C.

I've been fighting with Acorn, alongside Acorn, on issues you care about, my entire career.

Fighting, Careers, Issues

"Did Obama Lie About Relationship With ACORN?". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. February 22, 2010.

I just miss - I miss being anonymous.

Missing

We are not at war against Islam.

War, Islam

"President Obama: What makes us America". Interview with Steve Kroft, www.cbsnews.com. September 28, 2014.

We will keep the promise of Social Security by taking the responsible steps to strengthen it - not by turning it over to Wall Street.

Wall, Promise, Steps

Second Democratic Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech, delivered 6 September 2012, Charlotte, North Carolina

But do I think that our actions in anyway violate the War Powers Resolution, the answer is no.

War, Thinking, Answers