Barack Obama Quotes About Strategy

• Our objective is clear: we will degrade, and ultimately destroy, ISIL through a comprehensive and sustained counter-terrorism strategy.

  Barack Obama

  Islamic, Isil, Terrorism

  "Dumb Wars". Article by Rosa Brooks, foreignpolicy.com. November 11, 2015.

• Whatever decisions I make are going to be based first on a strategy to keep us safe and then we'll figure out how to resource it.

  Barack Obama

  Decision, Safe, Firsts

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

• Any strategy to reduce intergenerational poverty has to be centered on work, not welfare--not only because work provides independence and income but also because work provides order, structure, dignity, and opportunities for growth in people's lives.

  Barack Obama

  Opportunity, Order, People

  Barack Obama (2006). “The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream”, p.178, Crown

• 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.

  Barack Obama

  Leadership, War, Taken

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

• Sanctions alone could not stop Iran's nuclear program. But they did help bring Iran to the negotiating table.

  Barack Obama

  Leadership, Science, Technology

  "CNN Newsroom" with Wolf Blitzer, www.cnn.com. April 2, 2015.

• Who cares if it's a campaign strategy, and who are other people to say it's ridiculous? I'm not gay, but I strongly support gay marriage. What if someone told you you couldn't marry the one you love? I think it's about time! Let people who love each other that are the same sex get married. They deserve the right to be happy also.

  Barack Obama

  Sex, Gay, Thinking

• No development strategy can be based only upon what comes out of the ground, nor can it be sustained while young people are out of work.

  Barack Obama

  Powerful, People, Development

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

• With only 2 percent of the world's oil reserves, oil isn't enough. This country needs an all-out, all-of-the-above strategy that develops every available source of American energy. A strategy that's cleaner, cheaper, and full of new jobs.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Jobs, Oil

  Third Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered 24 January 2012, Washington, D.C.

• When it comes to the budget, we know that we shouldn't be cutting more on core investments, like education, that are going to help us grow in the future. And we've already seen the deficit cut in half. It's going down faster than any time in the last 60 years. So why would we make more cuts in education, more cuts in basic research? Nobody thinks that's a good idea.

  Barack Obama

  Education, Money, Party

  "New Day" with Chris Cuomo, www.cnn.com. August 23, 2013.

• I think we need missile defense. But I want to make sure it works, that it's cost effective, that the technologies are operable, that it's our best possible strategy, and that hasn't been shown.

  Barack Obama

  Technology, Thinking, Needs

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

• This counter-terrorism campaign will be waged through a steady, relentless effort to take out Isil wherever they exist, using our air power and our support for partner forces on the ground. This strategy of taking out terrorists who threaten us, while supporting partners on the front lines, is one that we have successfully pursued in Yemen and Somalia for years.

  Barack Obama

  Safe Haven, Years, Air

  "Obama Declares War on Syria". Interview with Mike Whitney, www.counterpunch.org. September 12, 2014.

• It is important to combine structural reforms and good fiscal stewardship with a growth strategy, because when your economy's growing and more revenue's coming in, that helps relieve debt.

  Barack Obama

  Growth, Important, Debt

  "Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras of Greece in Joint Press Conference". obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. November 15, 2016.

• And, as a consequence of the pressure that we've applied over the last couple of weeks, we have Syria -- for the first time -- acknowledging that it has chemical weapons, agreeing to join the convention that prohibits the use of chemical weapons, and the Russians -- their primary sponsors -- saying that they will push Syria to get all of their chemical weapons out. The distance that we've traveled over these couple of weeks is remarkable.

  Barack Obama

  Couple, Distance, Justice

  "Full Transcript: President Obama Speaks Exclusively to George Stephanopoulos on 'This Week'". "This Week" with George Stephanopoulos, abcnews.go.com. September 15, 2013.

• We cannot simply look to austerity as a strategy and it is incredibly important that the Greek people see improvements in their daily lives so that they can carry with them the hope that their lives will get better.

  Barack Obama

  People, Greek, Important

  Source: time.com

• Being attentive to inequality and not tone deaf to it. But offering prescriptions that are actually going to help folks in communities that feel forgotten. That's going to be our most important strategy. And I think we can successfully do that.

  Barack Obama

  Thinking, Offering, Community

  "President Obama’s first press conference of the Trump era, annotated". www.washingtonpost.com. November 14, 2016.

• For top executives to award themselves these kinds of compensation packages in the midst of this economic crisis isn't just bad taste, it's bad strategy, and I will not tolerate it as president.

  Barack Obama

  Awards, Greed, President

  "Obama Announces Executive Pay Caps". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. February 5, 2009.

• Ultimately, only diplomacy can bring about a durable solution to the challenge posed by Iran's nuclear program. As President and Commander in Chief, I will do what is necessary to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. However, I have a profound responsibility to try to resolve our differences peacefully, rather than rush towards conflict.

  Barack Obama

  Leadership, Wisdom, Spring

  "Obama admits Israel has good reason for scepticism over Iran nuclear deal" by Dan Roberts, www.theguardian.com. November 25, 2013.

• When we were working on immigration reform and there was a young Latino man, young immigration activist here who, in the Roosevelt Room, refused to shake my hand.He made a point of saying, "I can't shake your hand; you're deporting too many people." And I just said to him, "Young man, I'm glad that you feel so passionately about this issue, but you're with the president right now in the White House. You've got to think about what's going to be most effective in getting what you need, what you're trying to accomplish. Because this may not be your best strategy."

  Barack Obama

  Men, Thinking, White

  Source: www.theatlantic.com

• We've got to identify new strategies to use cleaner energy, because that is a recipe for reducing the overall amount of pollution that's out there.

  Barack Obama

  Energy, Use, Recipes

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

• We invest in early childhood education. We invest additional job training dollars. We make sure that we've got a strong research and development strategy so that we continue to innovate. Rebuilding our infrastructure, which we know will attract businesses.

  Barack Obama

  Strong, Jobs, Research And Development

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

• I'm not sure we have the right strategy in Afghanistan. Let me think this over for a few months.

  Barack Obama

  Thinking, Months, Strategy

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