Barack Obama Quotes About Responsibility

• We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which only asks what's in it for me, a freedom without a commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism, is unworthy of our founding ideals, and those who died in their defense.

  Barack Obama

  Inspirational, Commitment, Responsibility

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

• We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible.

  Barack Obama

  Money, Educational, Responsibility

• When our interests and values are at stake, we have a responsibility to act.

  Barack Obama

  Powerful, Responsibility, Stakes

  "Obama's Speech On Libya: 'A Responsibility To Act'". Barack Obama's speech at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington, D.C., www.npr.org. March 28, 2011.

• So, let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look over not only ourselves, but each other.

  Barack Obama

  Hard Work, Responsibility, Yes We Can

  President-Elect Victory Speech, delivered 4 November 2008, Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois

• I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.

  Barack Obama

  Responsibility, Fighting, Mind Blowing

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

• If you don't have good people, and you don't have a good process and you don't have, at some level, the basic reverence for [presidential] office, and an understanding of the incredible responsibilities and obligations, then, I think you can get into trouble.

  Barack Obama

  Responsibility, Thinking, People

  Source: abcnews.go.com

• Every single one of you has something you're good at. Every single one of you has something to offer. And you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that is. That's the opportunity an education can provide.

  Barack Obama

  Responsibility, Opportunity, Offers

  Obama's Speech to Students at Cairo University in Cairo, www.cbsnews.com. June 4, 2009.

• You might be locked in a world not of your own making, her eyes said, but you still have a claim on how it is shaped. You still have responsibilities.

  Barack Obama

  Eye, Responsibility, World

  "Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance". Book by Barack Obama, 1995.

• All of us have a responsibility to work for the day when the mothers of Israelis and Palestinians can see their children grow up without fear; when the Holy Land of the three great faiths is the place of peace that God intended it to be; when Jerusalem is a secure and lasting home for Jews and Christians and Muslims, and a place for all of the children of Abraham to mingle peacefully together as in the story of Isra - (applause) - as in the story of Isra, when Moses, Jesus, and Mohammed, peace be upon them, joined in prayer. (Applause.)

  Barack Obama

  Christian, Mother, Jesus

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

• What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility - a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation, and the world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character, than giving our all to a difficult task. This is the price and the promise of citizenship.

  Barack Obama

  Character, Responsibility, Giving

  First Presidential Inaugural Address, Delivered 20 January 2009

• I don't believe we can get very far, with leaders who write off half the nation as a bunch of victims who never take responsibility for their own lives.

  Barack Obama

  Believe, Writing, Responsibility

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

• Yes, our greatness as a nation has depended on individual initiative, on a belief in the free market. But it has also depended on our sense of mutual regard for each other, of mutual responsibility. The idea that everybody has a stake in the country, that we're all in it together and everybody's got a shot at opportunity. Americans know this. We know that government can't solve all our problems - and we don't want it to. But we also know that there are some things we can't do on our own. We know that there are some things we do better together.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Responsibility, Opportunity

  Barack Obama (2009). “Barack Obama: Speeches on the Road to the White House”

• At the dawn of the 21st century, where knowledge is literally power, where it unlocks the gates of opportunity and success, we all have responsibilities as parents, as librarians, as educators, as politicians, and as citizens to instill in our children a love of reading so that we can give them a chance to fulfill their dreams.

  Barack Obama

  Dream, Children, Reading

  "We Compared Obama’s Words To Trump’s And The Result Will Make You Sad" by Nick Wing, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 28, 2016.

• A number of countries, including some who have loudly criticized the NSA, privately acknowledge that America has special responsibilities as the world's only superpower, that our intelligence capabilities are critical to meeting these responsibilities, and that they themselves have relied on the information we obtain to protect their own people.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Responsibility, Nsa

  "Obama revamps U.S. surveillance" by Josh Gerstein and Reid J. Epstein, www.politico.com. January 17, 2014.

• We have to all shoulder the responsibility for keeping the planet habitable, or we're going to suffer the consequences - together.

  Barack Obama

  Responsibility, Suffering, Together

  Barack Obama's Remarks on Climate Change in Washington, D.C., obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. June 25, 2013.

• We know that every father has a personal responsibility to do right by their kids - to encourage them to turn off the video games and pick up a book; to teach them the difference between right and wrong; to show them through our own example the value in treating one another as we wish to be treated. And most of all, to play an active and engaged role in their lives.

  Barack Obama

  Father, Book, Kids

• There are values that transcend race or culture, that move us forward, and there's an obligation for all of us individually as well as collectively to take responsibility to make those values lived.

  Barack Obama

  Moving, Responsibility, Race

  "Huckabee: Muslim Can Be President; Obama 'Pretends to Be' Christian, Makes Living Out Faith Difficult" by Samuel Smith, www.christianpost.com. September 23, 2015.

• 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.

• I support ensuring that committed gay couples have the same rights and responsibilities afforded to any married couple in this country. I believe strongly in stopping laws designed to take rights away and passing laws that extend equal rights to gay couples. I've required all agencies in the federal government to extend as many federal benefits as possible to LGBT families as the current law allows. And I've called on Congress to repeal the so-called Defense of Marriage Act and to pass the Domestic Partners Benefits and Obligations Act.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Couple, Believe

  "In His Own Words: President Obama's Nuanced View on Gay Marriage". Remarks At Human Rights Camapign Dinner, www.foxnews.com. October 10, 2009.

• 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.

• As the world's largest economy and second-largest carbon emitter, as a country with unsurpassed ability to drive innovation and scientific breakthroughs, as the country that people around the world continue to look to in times of crisis, we've got a vital role to play. We can't stand on the sidelines. We've got a unique responsibility.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Responsibility, Unique

• On my recent trip to Israel, I had the opportunity to visit Yad Vashem, Israel's national Holocaust memorial, and reaffirm our collective responsibility to confront anti-Semitism, prejudice, and intolerance across the world. On this Yom Hashoah, we must accept the full responsibility of remembrance, as nations and as individuals-not simply to pledge "never again," but to commit ourselves to the understanding, empathy and compassion that is the foundation of peace and human dignity.

  Barack Obama

  Responsibility, Opportunity, Compassion

  Statement from the President on Yom Hashoah, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. April 08, 2013.

• 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.

• My Bible tells me that if we train a child in the way he should go, when he is old he will not turn from it. I think faith and guidance can help fortify a young woman's sense of self, a young man's sense of responsibility, and a sense of reverence all young people for the act of sexual intimacy.

  Barack Obama

  Bible, Children, Responsibility

  Barack Obama (2008). “An American Story: The Speeches of Barack Obama : a Primer”, Independent Publishing Group

• It's time to fundamentally change the way that we do business in Washington. To help build a new foundation for the 21st century, we need to reform our government so that it is more efficient, more transparent, and more creative. That will demand new thinking and a new sense of responsibility for every dollar that is spent.

  Barack Obama

  Creativity, Responsibility, Thinking

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