Barack Obama Quotes About Chaos

• While I understand the passions and the anger that arise over the death of Michael Brown, giving into that anger by looting or carrying guns, and even attacking the police only serves to raise tensions and stir chaos.

  Barack Obama

  Passion, Gun, Giving

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

• I get a thick book full of death, destruction, strife, and chaos. That's what I take with my morning tea.

  Barack Obama

  Morning, Book, Tea

  "What's in Obama's 'book full of death'" By Jeremy Diamond, www.cnn.com. February 9, 2015.

• We remember the surge and we remember the Awakening -- when the abyss of chaos turned toward the promise of reconciliation. By battling and building block by block in Baghdad, by bringing tribes into the fold and partnering with the Iraqi army and police, you helped turn the tide toward peace.

  Barack Obama

  Block, War, Army

  Remarks by the President and First Lady on the End of the War in Iraq, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. December 14, 2011.

• What we also have to recognize is that the deficit levels that I'm inheriting, over a trillion dollars, coming out of last year, that that is unsustainable. At a certain point, other countries stop buying our debt, at a certain point, we'd end up having to raise interest rates, and it would end up creating more economic chaos and potentially inflation.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Money, Years

• It's time to "stop being ambivalent." ... They (groups like the Islamic State) have no ideology beyond violence and chaos and the slaughter of innocent people.

  Barack Obama

  Islamic, People, Groups

• What can I do to make sure that middle-class families are feeling more secure, that more young people are able to access opportunity, that we are safe, that we are working with our international partners to try to create more order at a time when there's a lot of chaos? How do we deal with terrorism in a way that's consistent with our values? As long as I stay focused on those north stars, then I tend not to get too rattled.

  Barack Obama

  Stars, Opportunity, Order

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

• This idea that America is somehow on the verge of collapse, this vision of violence and chaos everywhere, doesn't really jibe with the experience of most people.

  Barack Obama

  Ideas, America, People

  "Obama: Trump's speech 'doesn't really jibe' with facts". www.theguardian.com. July 22, 2016.

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