Barack Obama Quotes About Effort

• It is now our generation's task to carry on what those pioneers began. For our journey is not complete until our wives, our mothers and daughters can earn a living equal to their efforts. Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law - for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well.

  Barack Obama

  Daughter, Mother, Brother

  Second Presidential Inaugural Address, delivered 21 January 2013, Washington, D.C.

• Let us each of us now embrace with solemn duty, and awesome joy, what is our lasting birthright. With common effort and common purpose, with passion and dedication, let us answer the call of history and carry into an uncertain future that precious light of freedom.

  Barack Obama

  Passion, Dedication, Common Purpose

  Second Presidential Inaugural Address, delivered 21 January 2013, Washington, D.C.

• Don’t ever let anybody tell you that your efforts don’t matter or that your voice doesn’t count. Don’t ever believe that you can’t make a difference. You have.

  Barack Obama

  Believe, Voice, Differences

• All of us share this world for but a brief moment in time. The question is whether we spend that time focused on what pushes us apart, or whether we commit ourselves to an effort -- a sustained effort -- to find common ground, to focus on the future we seek for our children, and to respect the dignity of all human beings.

  Barack Obama

  Children, Focus, Effort

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

• The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better. I, therefore, intend to oppose the effort to increase America's debt.

  Barack Obama

  Leadership, America, Effort

  "It's Worth Actually Reading Obama's 2006 Debt Ceiling Speech". www.slate.com. October 09, 2013.

• I will veto any effort to get rid of those automatic spending cuts to domestic and defense spending. There will be no easy off ramps on this one.

  Barack Obama

  Cutting, Effort, Defense

  Barack Obama's Statement on the Supercommittee, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. November 21, 2011.

• From the day I took office, I've been told that addressing our larger challenges is too ambitious; such an effort would be too contentious. I've been told that our political system is too gridlocked, and that we should just put things on hold for a while. For those who make these claims, I have one simple question: How long should we wait? How long should America put its future on hold?

  Barack Obama

  Simple, America, Long

  First Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered 27 January 2010, Washington, D.C.

• Because of the Civil Rights movement, new doors of opportunity and education swung open for everybody ... Not just for blacks and whites, but also women and Latinos; and Asians and Native Americans; and gay Americans and Americans with a disability. They swung open for you, and they swung open for me. And that's why I'm standing here today-because of those efforts, because of that legacy.

  Barack Obama

  Inspiring, Native American, Gay

• Our efforts will only be effective if ordinary citizens in other countries have confidence that the United States respects their privacy too. And the leaders of our close friends and allies deserve to know that if I want to learn what they think about an issue, I will pick up the phone and call them, rather than turning to surveillance.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Thinking, Phones

  President Obama’s speech on NSA reforms, www.washingtonpost.com. January 17, 2014.

• For the Palestinians' efforts to delegitimize Israel will end in failure. Palestinian leaders will not achieve peace or prosperity if Hamas insists on a path of terror and rejection. And Palestinians will never realize their independence by denying the right of Israel to exist.

  Barack Obama

  Israel, Rejection, Effort

  "George Mitchell and King Abdullah II". "This Week" with Christiane Amanpour, abcnews.go.com. May 22, 2011.

• With effort we can protect the foundation of our democracy, for which so many marched across this bridge, the right to vote.

  Barack Obama

  Bridges, Effort, Democracy

  "CNN Newsroom" with Fredricka Whitfield, www.cnn.com. March 7, 2015.

• Sometimes slow, steady effort is rewarded with justice that arrives like a thunderbolt.

  Barack Obama

  Justice, Effort, Sometimes

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

• I favor legalizing same-sex marriages, and would fight efforts to prohibit such marriages.

  Barack Obama

  Sex, Fighting, Gay

  "Obama's past statements on same-sex marriage". www.foxnews.com. May 9, 2012.

• And we remember the end of our combat mission and the emergence of a new dawn - the precision of our efforts against al Qaeda in Iraq, the professionalism of the training of Iraqi security forces, and the steady drawdown of our forces. In handing over responsibility to the Iraqis, you preserved the gains of the last four years and made this day possible.

  Barack Obama

  War, Responsibility, Years

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

• Yes, this is hard. But there should be no question that the United States of America is stepping up to the plate. We recognize our role in creating this problem; we embrace our responsibility to combat it. We will do our part, and we will help developing nations do theirs. But we can only succeed in combating climate change if we are joined in this effort by every nation - developed and developing alike. Nobody gets a pass.

  Barack Obama

  Responsibility, Creating, America

  "Obama urges climate action" by Elana Schor, www.politico.com. September 23, 2014.

• I will call not just on Israel, but on the Palestinians, on the Arab States, and the international community to join us in this effort, because the burden of making hard choices must not be Israel’s alone.

  Barack Obama

  Commitment, Israel, America

  Barack Obama's speech at the AIPAC Policy Conference at Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. May 22, 2011.

• Third, we will continue to draw on our substantial counterterrorism capabilities to prevent ISIL attacks. Working with our partners, we will redouble our efforts to cut off its funding; improve our intelligence; strengthen our defenses; counter its warped ideology; and stem the flow of foreign fighters into - and out of - the Middle East. And in two weeks, I will chair a meeting of the UN Security Council to further mobilize the international community around this effort.

  Barack Obama

  Islamic, Cutting, Two

  President Obama's Speech on Combating ISIS and Terrorism, www.cnn.com. September 10, 2014.

• What I think is fair to say is that, coming out of the Republican camp, there have been efforts to suggest that perhaps I'm not who I say I am when it comes to my faith - something which I find deeply offensive, and that has been going on for a pretty long time.

  Barack Obama

  Thinking, Long, Effort

  "Muslim Americans Weigh In On 2008 Campaign". Interview with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. October 28, 2008.

• We reject all efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others.

  Barack Obama

  Religious, Effort, Religion

  Barack Obama's speech following attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, www.foxnews.com. September 12, 2012.

• I know starting careers in troubled times is a challenge, but it is also a privilege. Because it's moments like these that force us to try harder, dig deeper and to discover gifts we never knew we had. To find the greatness that lies within each of us. So don't ever shy away from that endeavor. Don't stop adding to your body of work. I can promise that you will be the better for that continued effort as will be this nation that we all love.

  Barack Obama

  Lying, Greatness, America

• We are engaging in the diplomatic efforts that are required within Iraq among the Shia, the Sunni and the Kurd, among friends, like Egypt, and Turkey and Saudi Arabia, but also enemies like Iran and Syria. They have to have buy-in into that process.

  Barack Obama

  Egypt, Iran, Turkeys

  Source: www.politico.com

• I spoke on the phone with President Rouhani of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The two of us discussed our ongoing efforts to reach an agreement over Iran's nuclear program. While there will surely be important obstacles to moving forward and success is by no means guaranteed, I believe we can reach a comprehensive solution.

  Barack Obama

  Moving, Islamic, Believe

  Source: www.foxnews.com

• I've said consistently that I always reserve the right, in conjunction with a broader international effort, to prevent genocide or any wholesale slaughter than might happen inside of Iraq or anyplace else.

  Barack Obama

  Iraq, Effort, Might

  Source: www.politico.com

• I have the authority to address the threat from Isil, but I believe we are strongest as a nation when the president and Congress work together. So I welcome congressional support for this effort in order to show the world that Americans are united in confronting this danger.

  Barack Obama

  Believe, Safe Haven, Order

  Statement by the President on ISIL, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. September 10, 2014.

• Nothing will deter us from building the future we want for our children. What greater rejection of those who would tear down our world than marshaling our best efforts to save it.

  Barack Obama

  Children, Our World, Best Effort

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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