Barack Obama Quotes - Page 61

• If we choose to keep those tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires, if we choose to keep a tax break for corporate jet owners, if we choose to keep tax breaks for oil and gas companies that are making hundreds of billions of dollars, then that means we've got to cut some kids off from getting a college scholarship.

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  Mean, Kids, Cutting

  News conference in the East Wing, www.nytimes.com. June 29, 2011.

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• Because our right to worship freely and safely, that right was denied to Christians in Charleston, South Carolina, and that was denied Jews in Kansas City, and that was denied Muslims in Chapel Hill, and Sikhs in Oak Creek. They had rights too. Our right to peaceful assembly, that right was robbed from movie goers in Aurora and Lafayette.

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  Christian, Rights, Cities

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• Both our nations [Malasian and American] are committed to building a regional order where all nations play by the same rules and disputes are resolved peacefully and this visit will be an opportunity to continue deepening our cooperation on behalf of regional stability and prosperity.

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  Opportunity, Order, Play

  Source: www.straitstimes.com

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• I absolutely think that it's possible for us to find common ground.

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  Thinking, Common, Common Ground

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• We [Americans] are a nation of immigrants. We all understand what this country has become because talent from all around the world wants to come here, people who are willing to take risks, people who want to build on their dreams and make sure their kids have an - even bigger dreams than they have.

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  Country, Dream, Kids

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• I remember when I was in Chicago and data started coming out that when black folks walk into an auto dealership, and women, too, to some degree, they are automatically given higher quotes, worse deals. And this was just documented extensively across auto dealerships around the country. There was a tax being imposed on black folks. By collecting that data, you can construct policies to combat that.

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  Country, Data, Black

  Source: www.theatlantic.com

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• The fact is every single day in the ordinary American people, America's families have to make decisions about their families and that should be made by them, not by the Texas or United States.

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  Texas, America, People

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• 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.

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  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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• To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society's ills on the West - know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy.

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  People, Judging, Leader

  First Presidential Inaugural Address, Delivered 20 January 2009

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• Clearly, Iran has influence in Iraq. Iraq has a majority Shi'a population, they have relationships to Iran. Some are natural.

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  Iran, Iraq, Majority

  Press Conference by the President, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. July 15, 2015.

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• So my biggest fun has been watching my daughters grow up. Now, unfortunately they're hitting the age where they still love me, but they think I'm completely boring. And so they'll come in, pat me on the head, talk to me for 10 minutes, and then they're gone all weekend. Right? They break my heart! So now I've got to start thinking, Well what's going to replace that fun?

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  Daughter, Growing Up, Fun

  Source: www.slate.com

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• I've got two daughters and I want to make sure that they have the same opportunities that anybody's sons have. That's part of what I'm fighting for as president of the United States.

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  Daughter, Fighting, Son

  Source: www.politico.com

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• It's not a choice between our environment and our economy; it's a choice between prosperity and decline.

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  Choices, Environment, Prosperity

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• Each path to knowledge involves different rules and these rules are not interchangeable.

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  Different, Path

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• And so you [young Americans]need to be the Idea Generation. The generation who's always thinking on the cutting edge, who's wondering how to create and keep the next wave of American jobs and American innovations, who's figuring out how to out-compete the Idea Generations of Indias and Chinas of the world.

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  Inspiring, Jobs, Cutting

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• We are a nation of laws.

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  Law, Nations

  Speech at the Memorial Service for Fort Hood Servicemen and Servicewomen, delivered 10 November 2009, Fort Hood, TX

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• Don't just buy a new video game. Make one.

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  Games, Video

  "Computers Are The Future, But Does Everyone Need To Code?". "All Tech Considered" with Kelly Mcevers, www.npr.org. January 25, 2014.

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• I think when you're governing, it will become increasingly apparent that if you were to just eliminate trade deals with Mexico, for example, well, you've got a global supply chain. The parts that are allowing auto plants that were about to shut down to now employ double shifts is because they're bringing in some of those parts to assemble out of Mexico. And so it's not as simple as it might have seemed.

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  Simple, Thinking, Example

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

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• I have got to figure out a system because I have bad filing, sorting, and organizing habits.

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  Habit, Figures, Sorting

  "President Barack Obama Holds a News Conference", November 14, 2016.

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• Now, some have said I blame too many problems on my predecessor, but let's not forget that's a practice that was initiated by George W. Bush.

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  Practice, Blame, Problem

  Barak Obama's Remarks at the White House Correspondents Dinner, www.foxnews.com. April 29, 2012.

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• We're going to achieve our goal. We are going to degrade and ultimately defeat ISIL.

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  Goal, Isil, Defeat

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• The terms of peace may be negotiated by political leaders, but the fate of peace is up to each of us.

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  Peace, Fate, Leader

  Remarks in Town Hall with Youth of Northern Ireland, Belfast Waterfront, Belfast, June 17, 2013.

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• I delivered a clear and forceful message that although we recognize Russia's intelligence gathering will sometimes take place even if we don't like it, there's a difference between that than either meddling with elections or going after private organizations or commercial entities, and that we're monitoring it carefully, and we will respond appropriately if and when we see this happening.

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  Ifs And, Organization, Differences

  Source: time.com

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• Put simply, what I'd like to do is to see the first two years of community college free for everybody's who is willing to work for it.

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  College, Two, Years

  "Episode 611: Community". wwno.org. March 20, 2015.

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• 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.

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  Real, Thinking, Common Purpose

  South Carolina Democratic Primary Victory Speech, delivered 26 January 2008

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