Barack Obama Quotes About Judgment

• We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity. We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations. Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science, but none can avoid the devastating impact of raging fires and crippling drought and more powerful storms.

  Barack Obama

  Children, Powerful, Believe

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

• Those of us in positions of responsibility, we'll need to be less concerned with the judgment of special interests and well-connected donors, and more concerned with the judgment of posterity.

  Barack Obama

  Responsibility, Special, Needs

  Barack Obama's Remarks on Climate Change in Georgetown University, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. June 25, 2013.

• Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science.

  Barack Obama

  Pro Life, May, Judgment

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

• We're up against the conventional thinking that says your ability to lead as president comes from longevity in Washington or proximity to the White House. But we know that real leadership is about candor and judgment and the ability to rally Americans from all walks of life around a common purpose, a higher purpose.

  Barack Obama

  Real, Thinking, Common Purpose

  South Carolina Democratic Primary Victory Speech, delivered 26 January 2008

• This is about respect for women, the judgments that women make and their doctors about their reproductive health. It's an important part of who women are, their reproductive health.

  Barack Obama

  Doctors, Important, Judgment

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

• I think that our politics everywhere are gonna be going through this bumpy phase. But as long as we stay true to our Democratic principles, as long as elections have integrity, as long as we respect freedom of speech, freedom of religion, as long as there are checks and balances in our governments so that the people have the ability to not just make judgments about how well government is serving them but also change governments if they're not serving them well, then I have confidence that over the long term, progress will continue.

  Barack Obama

  Integrity, Thinking, Government

  Source: time.com

• For the sake of our children and our future, we must do more to combat climate change. Now, it's true that no single event makes a trend. But the fact is the 12 hottest years on record have all come in the last 15. Heat waves, droughts, wildfires, floods-all are now more frequent and more intense. We can choose to believe that Superstorm Sandy, and the most severe drought in decades, and the worst wildfires some states have ever seen were all just a freak coincidence. Or we can choose to believe in the overwhelming judgment of science-and act before it's too late.

  Barack Obama

  Children, Believe, Science

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

• Senator McCain likes to talk about judgment, but really, what does it say about your judgment when you think George Bush has been right more than ninety percent of the time? I don't know about you, but I'm not ready to take a ten percent chance on change.

  Barack Obama

  Thinking, Doe, Likes

  Democratic National Convention Presidential Nomination Acceptance, delivered 28 August 2008, INVESCO Field at Mile High Stadium, Denver, Colorado

• No U.S. soldier ever dies in vain because they're carrying out the missions of their commander in chief. And we honor all the service that they've provided. Our troops have performed brilliantly. The question is for the next president, are we making good judgments about how to keep America safe precisely because sending our military into battle is such an enormous step.

  Barack Obama

  Military, Soldier, Honor

  Source: www.nytimes.com

• If John McCain wants to have a debate about who has the temperament, and judgment, to serve as the next Commander-in-Chief, that's a debate I'm ready to have.

  Barack Obama

  Want, Next, Debate

  Democratic National Convention Presidential Nomination Acceptance, delivered 28 August 2008, INVESCO Field at Mile High Stadium, Denver, Colorado

• But what I would say to my successor is that it is important not just to shoot but to aim. And it is important, in this seat, to make sure that you're making your best judgments based on data, intelligence, the information that's coming from your commanders and folks on the ground and you're not being swayed by politics.

  Barack Obama

  Data, Important, Information

  Source: www.wbur.org

• I have to make the very best judgments I can make in terms of what's gonna keep the American people safe. And is what, what's gonna uphold our Constitution and our traditions of due process.

  Barack Obama

  People, Safe, Constitution

  "Lauer to Obama: Are You Worried about a Gitmo 'Willie Horton?'" by Geoffrey Dickens, www.newsbusters.org. February 2, 2009.

• Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science, but none can avoid the devastating impact of raging fires, and crippling drought, and more powerful storms.

  Barack Obama

  Powerful, Fire, Impact

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

• It is my judgment that had I spent the first two years trying to get a single-payer system, all those folks who now have health insurance that didn't have it would still be uninsured. And those are millions of people whose lives are impacted right now.

  Barack Obama

  Years, Two, People

  Source: www.theatlantic.com

• You can question somebody's views and their judgment without questioning their motives or patriotism.

  Barack Obama

  Views, Judgment, Questioning

• Just listen to what Mr. [Donald] Trump has to say and make your own judgment with respect to how confident you feel about his ability to manage things like our nuclear triad.

  Barack Obama

  Nuclear, Judgment, Trump

  Source: abcnews.go.com

• They [ Respublicans] wanna argue the sensational which is about abort not certain cases of abortion, but the fact is it's a fundamental disrespect for women - women's judgment about the sizing and time of their families.

  Barack Obama

  Abortion, Disrespect, Fundamentals

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

• To look at long term trends in our economy, in our society, in the international sphere and using my best judgment, shape policies that will serve the American people, keep them safe, keep our economy growing, put people back to work.

  Barack Obama

  Long, People, Looks

  Remarks by President Obama and Chancellor Merkel of Germany in a Joint Press Conference, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. November 17, 2016.

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