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Barack Obama Quotes about Community

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The best education I received was working with people in the community on a grassroots basis. Because what it taught me was that ordinary people, when they are working together can do extraordinary things.

The best education I received was working with people in the community on a grassroots basis. Because what it taught me was that ordinary people, when they are working together can do extraordinary things.

People, Community, Working Together

Gabby Giffords deserves a vote. The families of Newtown deserve a vote. The families of Aurora deserve a vote. The families of Oak Creek, and Tucson, and Blacksburg, and the countless other communities ripped open by gun violence - they deserve a simple vote.

Gun, Simple, Community

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

We don't believe in a small America. We believe in a big America - a tolerant America, a just America, an equal America - that values the service of every patriot.

Believe, America, Community

Remarks by the President at the Human Rights Campaign's Annual National Dinner, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. October 1, 2011.

I will support Iraqis and Syrians fighting to reclaim their communities.

Fighting, Support, Community

Source: www.truth-out.org

You're not going to be able to make good decisions without building some relationship of trust between yourself and community.

Community, Decision, Able

Source: www.cbsnews.com

One of the most durable and destructive legacies of discrimination is the way we've internalized a sense of limitation; how so many in our community have come to expect so little from the world and from themselves.

Community, Legacy, World

"Lou Dobbs Tonight" with Lou Dobbs, www.cnn.com. July 16, 2009.

We must build a world free of unnecessary barriers, stereotypes, and discrimination. ... policies must be developed, attitudes must be shaped, and buildings and organizations must be designed to ensure that everyone has a chance to get the education they need and live independently as full citizens in their communities.

Attitude, Organization, Community

"Obama Statement in Support of World Autism Awareness Day and Awareness Month". www.presidency.ucsb.edu. April 2, 2008.

We cannot stop every act of senseless violence. We cannot know every evil that lurks in troubled minds. But if we can prevent even one tragedy like this, save even one life, spare other families what these families are going through, surely we've got an obligation to try.

Justice, Evil, Community

"CNN Newsroom" with Rosa Flores, www.cnn.com. September 22, 2013.

What we saw was that the Ferguson Police Department in conjunction with the municipality saw traffic stops, arrests, tickets as a revenue generator, as opposed to serving the community, and that it systematically was biased against African-Americans in that city who were stopped, harassed, mistreated, abused, called names, fined.

Cities, Names, Community

Remarks by the President in Town Hall at Benedict College, Columbia, SC, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. March 06, 2015.

With the changing economy, no one has lifetime employment. But community colleges provide lifetime employability.

College, Community, Employment

We've seen how militarized gear can sometimes give people a feeling like there's an occupying force, as opposed to a force that's part of the community that's protecting them and serving them.

Giving, People, Community

Barack Obama's remarks on Community Policing at the Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center in Camden, New Jersey, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. May 18, 2015.

I decided to become a community organizer ... Change won't come from the top, I would say. Change will come from a mobilized grass roots.

Powerful, Roots, Community

Barack Obama (2007). “Dreams From My Father”, p.133, Canongate Books

I think there are a whole host of things that are civil rights, and then there are other things - such as traditional marriage - that, I think, express a community's concern and regard for a particular institution.

Thinking, Rights, Community

"Obama in 2004: 'I Don't Think Marriage Is a Civil Right'" by Daniel Halper, www.weeklystandard.com. May 8, 2012.

Ours is a nation of laws: of citizens who live under them and for the citizens who enforce them. So, to a community in Ferguson that is rightly hurting and looking for answers, let me call once again for us to seek some understanding rather than simply holler at each other. Let's seek to heal rather than to wound each other.

Hurt, Law, Community

Barack Obama's remarks on Ferguson, Mo. and Iraq at the White House in Washington, D.C., www.washingtonpost.com. August 18, 2014.

Time is running out for Iran to address the international community's growing concerns about its nuclear program.

Running, Iran, Community

So how do Latinos feel if there's a big investment just in the African American community, and they're looking around and saying, "We're poor as well. What kind of help are we getting?" Or Asian Americans who say, "Look, I'm a first-generation immigrant, and clearly I didn't have anything to do with what was taking place."

Community, African American, Asian

Source: www.theatlantic.com

The truth of the matter is that the problem of police shootings and reactions in the community.

Community, Police, Shooting

Source: abcnews.go.com

There isn't anyone who can't serve ... nobody who can't help somebody else.

Community, Unity, Helping

Iran will for sure have pledged to the international community that it will not develop a nuclear weapon, and now will be subject to an additional protocol, a more vigorous inspection and monitoring regime that lasts in perpetuity.

Iran, Community, Nuclear

Source: www.washingtonpost.com

Where we get into problems, typically, is when our personal religious faith, or the community of faith that we participate in, tips into a sort of fundamentalist extremism, in which it's not enough for us to believe what we believe, but we start feeling obligated to, you know, hit you over the head because you don't believe the same thing. Or to treat you as somebody who's less than I am.

Religious, Believe, Community

Source: www.patheos.com

Being attentive to inequality and not tone deaf to it. But offering prescriptions that are actually going to help folks in communities that feel forgotten. That's going to be our most important strategy. And I think we can successfully do that.

Thinking, Offering, Community

"President Obama’s first press conference of the Trump era, annotated". www.washingtonpost.com. November 14, 2016.

I intend to protect a free and open internet, extend its reach to every classroom, and every community, and help folks build the fastest networks, so that the next generation of digital innovators and entrepreneurs have the platform to keep reshaping our world.

Our World, Entrepreneur, Community

Sixth Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered 20 January 2015

I think if you worked at the community level in Chicago and then a politician on the South Side of Chicago, and worked at the state level, then you're pretty familiar with all the variations of politics in the African American community and criticisms you may get. If you're not familiar with those or you don't have a thick enough skin to take it, then you probably wouldn't have gotten here.

Thinking, Community, African American

Source: www.theatlantic.com

If we're going to prevent people from being susceptible to the false promises of extremism, then the international community has to offer something better and the United States intends to do its part.

People, Community, Promise

Remarks by the President in Closing of the Summit on Countering Violent Extremism, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. February 18, 2015.

We have a historic opportunity to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons in Iran, and to do so peacefully, with the international community firmly behind us. We should seize that chance.

Opportunity, Iran, Community

Statement by the President on the Framework to Prevent Iran from Obtaining a Nuclear Weapon, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. April 2, 2015.

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

Quotes: 3124

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