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Barack Obama Quotes about War

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This is an extraordinary achievement, nearly nine years in the making.

This is an extraordinary achievement, nearly nine years in the making.

War, Years, Achievement

Obama's Speech to Troops at Fort Bragg, www.nytimes.com. December 14, 2011.

I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home, we will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank.

War, Home, Historical

"Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. February 8, 2009.

In the wake of 9/11, my meetings with Arab and Pakistani Americans, for example, have a more urgent quality, for the stories of detentions and FBI questioning and hard stares from neighbors have shaken their sense of security and belonging. They have been reminded that the history of immigration in this country has a dark underbelly; they need specific reassurances that their citizenship really means something, that America has learned the right lessons from the Japanese internments during World War II, and that I will stand with them should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.

Country, War, Mean

We are not at war with Islam. We are at war with people who have perverted Islam.

War, People, Islam

Barack Obama's Remarks in Closing of the Summit on Countering Violent Extremism, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. February 18, 2015.

We're not going to baby sit a civil war.

Baby, War, Hippie

Four years ago, I promised to end the war in Iraq. We did. I promised to refocus on the terrorists who actually attacked us on 9/11. We have. We've blunted the Taliban's momentum in Afghanistan, and in 2014, our longest war will be over. A new tower rises above the New York skyline, al Qaeda is on the path to defeat, and Osama bin Laden is dead.

Inspirational, New York, War

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

The United States is not, and never will be, at war with Islam.

War, America, Mind Blowing

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

Now let's make two things clear: ISIL is not 'Islamic.' No religion condones the killing of innocents, and the vast majority of ISIL's victims have been Muslim. And ISIL is certainly not a state. It was formerly al Qaeda's affiliate in Iraq, and has taken advantage of sectarian strife and Syria's civil war to gain territory on both sides of the Iraq-Syrian border. It is recognized by no government, nor the people it subjugates. ISIL is a terrorist organization, pure and simple. And it has no vision other than the slaughter of all who stand in its way.

Leadership, War, Taken

"Is It ISIS or ISIL? That Depends On Who You're Asking". Interview with Arun Rath, wvik.org. September 14, 2014.

There are war-torn countries, people full of poverty, who still voted, 60, 70 percent. If here in the United States of America, we voted at 60 percent, 70 percent, it would transform our politics.

Country, War, America

Barack Obama's Speech in Immigration Town Hall in Miami, Florida, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. February 25, 2015.

I know what the counterterrorism feels like because I was there. But I also operated within limits. And within the United States government, we've decided long ago that there are limits on what we're going to do in the war against terrorism.

War, Long Ago, Government

Source: www.npr.org

As I've said, there were patriots who supported this war, and patriots who opposed it. And all of us are united in appreciation for our servicemen and women, and our hopes for Iraqis' future.

Appreciation, War, Patriot

Address to the Nation on the End of Operation Iraqi Freedom, delivered 31 August 2010, Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C.

Because of you, in Afghanistan we've broken the momentum of the Taliban. Because of you, we've begun a transition to the Afghans that will allow us to bring our troops home from there. And around the globe, as we draw down in Iraq, we have gone after al Qaeda so that terrorists who threaten America will have no safe haven, and Osama bin Laden will never again walk the face of this Earth.

War, Home, Safe Haven

Obama's Speech to Troops at Fort Bragg, www.nytimes.com. December 14, 2011.

They, and we, are the legacies of an unbroken chain of proud men and women who served their country with honor, who waged war so that we might know peace, who braved hardship so that we might know opportunity, who paid the ultimate price so that we might know freedom.

Country, Memorial Day, War

"CNN Newsroom" with Tony Harris, www.cnn.com. May 25, 2009.

You know, the truth is that right after 9/11, I had a (flag) pin. Shortly after 9/11, particularly because as we're talking about the Iraq war, that became a substitute for, I think, true patriotism, which is speaking out on issues that are of importance to our national security, I decided I won't wear that pin on my chest.

War, Thinking, Talking

Peace is not just the absence of war. True peace depends upon creating the opportunity that makes life worth living. And to do that, we must confront the common enemies of human beings: nuclear weapons and poverty; ignorance and disease.

War, Ignorance, Opportunity

In Iraq and Syria, American leadership - including our military power - is stopping ISIL's advance, instead of getting dragged into another ground war in the Middle East, we are leading a broad coalition, including Arab nations, to degrade and ultimately destroy this terrorist group.

Leadership, Military, War

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

No deal means a greater chance of more war in the Middle East.

War, Mean, Middle East

Barack Obama's statement on Iran at the White House State Floor in Washington, D.C., obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. July 14, 2015.

I wouldn't consider them acts of war, but I would consider them acts of property damage, commercial theft that are serious.

War, Nsa, Damage

I think Ronald Reagan changed the trajectory of America in a way that Richard Nixon did not and in a way that Bill Clinton did not. He put us on a fundamentally different path because the country was ready for it.

Country, War, Thinking

"Reagan and Obama -- The Big Difference Between These Two Presidents" by Nick Ragone, www.foxnews.com. February 5, 2011.

I love listening to these guys give us lectures about debt and deficits. I inherited a trillion-dollar deficit. ... This notion that somehow we caused the deficits is just wrong. It's just not true. ... If they start trying to give you a bunch of facts and figures suggesting that it's true, what they're not telling you is they baked all this stuff into the cake with those tax cuts and a prescription drug plan that they didn't pay for and the wars.

War, Cutting, Cake

"Remarks at an Obama Victory Fund 2012 Fundraiser in Baltimore, Maryland". www.presidency.ucsb.edu. June 12, 2012.

Weapons of war have no place on our streets.

War, Weapons, Streets

Barack Obama's Speech on Preventing Gun Violence in Minneapolis, MN, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. February 4, 2013.

So Americans understand the costs of war. Yet as a country, we will never tolerate our security being threatened, nor stand idly by when our people have been killed. We will be relentless in defense of our citizens and our friends and allies. We will be true to the values that make us who we are.

Country, War, Patriotic

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

Sometimes it may seem as if progress is stalled but what history of post-war Germany shows is that strength and determination and focus and adherence to the values that we care about will result in a better future for our children and our grandchildren.

Determination, Children, War

Source: time.com

I find it amusing that those who helped to authorize and engineer the biggest foreign policy disaster in our generation are now criticizing me for making sure that we are on the right battlefield and not the wrong battlefield in the war against terrorism.

War, Our Generation, Generations

"Democrats Debate in the Windy City". www.npr.org. August 8, 2007.

I wonder, sometimes, whether men and women in fact are capable of learning from history--whether we progress from one stage to the next in an upward course or whether we just ride the cycles of boom and bust, war and peace, ascent and decline.

War, Men, Progress

Barack Obama (2007). “The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream”, p.322, Canongate Books

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

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