Barack Obama Quotes - Page 77

• This union may never be perfect, but generation after generation has shown that it can always be perfected.

  Barack Obama

  Perfect, Tolerance, Generations

  A More Perfect Union, delivered 18 March 2008, Philadelphia, PA

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• I applaud the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act. This was discrimination enshrined in law. It treated loving, committed gay and lesbian couples as a separate and lesser class of people. The Supreme Court has righted that wrong, and our country is better off for it. We are a people who declared that we are all created equal - and the love we commit to one another must be equal as well.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Couple, Gay

  "Obama On Gay Marriage Rulings: President Applauds Supreme Court Decisions". www.huffingtonpost.com. June 26, 2013.

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• You're likable enough, Hillary.

  Barack Obama

  Enough

  Presidential debate at the Cashman Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, www.nbcnews.com.

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• I don't mind cleaning up the mess that some other folks made, that's what I signed up to do

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  Mind, Cleaning, Made

  "Obama urges GOP to ‘get a mop’ and clean up Bush administration mess". thehill.com. October 21, 2009.

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• And with iPods and iPads, and Xboxes and PlayStations - none of which I know how to work - information becomes a distraction, a diversion, a form of entertainment, rather than a tool of empowerment, rather than the means of emancipation.

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  Xbox, Mean, Ipads

  "CNN Student News Transcript". Interview with Carl Azuz, www.cnn.com. May 11, 2010.

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• We need to find a way forward to make sure that we can stop terrorists while protecting the privacy, and liberty, of innocent Americans.

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  Way Forward, Nsa, Giving

  "Sen. Rand Paul calls NSA spying an 'utter, frank hypocrisy'". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. June 10, 2013.

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• I think it's important to recognize that you can't have 100 per cent security and also then have 100 per cent privacy and zero inconvenience.... In the abstract you can complain about Big Brother and how this is a potential program run amok, but when you actually look at the details then I think we've struck the right balance.

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  Running, Brother, Zero

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• And I want to work with this Congress, to make sure Americans already burdened with student loans can reduce their monthly payments, so that student debt doesn't derail anyone's dreams.

  Barack Obama

  Dream, Debt, Want

  "State of the Union 2015: Full transcript". edition.cnn.com. January 21, 2015.

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• We believed we could prepare our kids for a more competitive world. And today, our younger students have earned the highest math and reading scores on record. Our high school graduation rate has hit an all-time high. And more Americans finish college than ever before.

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  Reading, Kids, School

  Sixth Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered 20 January 2015

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• What I believe unites the people of this nation, regardless of race or region or party, young or old, rich or poor, is the simple, profound belief in opportunity for all - the notion that if you work hard and take responsibility, you can get ahead.

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  Party, Believe, Responsibility

  Fifth Presidential State of the Union, delivered 28 January 2014

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• I have been in Washington for a while now, and most things don't surprise me. The fact that twenty 6-year-olds were gunned down in the most violent fashion possible and this town couldn't do anything about it was stunning to me.

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  Leadership, Fashion, Party

  Remarks by the President in Q&A with David Karp, CEO of Tumblr, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. June 10, 2014.

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• When all Americans are treated as equal we are all more free.

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  Gay, Lgbt Pride, Marriage Equality

  Barack Obama's remarks on the Supreme Court Decision on Marriage Equality at the White House Rose Garden in Washington, D.C., obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. June 26, 2015.

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• All people should be treated equally, regardless of who they are or who they love.

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  People, Should, Treated

  Twitter post from Jun 26, 2015

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• There's been a lot of talk about body cameras as a silver bullet or a solution. I think the task force concluded that there is a role for technology to play in building additional trust and accountability, but it's not a panacea, it has to be embedded in a broader change in culture and a legal framework that ensures that people's privacy is respected and that not only police officers but the community themselves feel comfortable with how technologies are being used.

  Barack Obama

  Change, Thinking, Technology

  "Policing task force calls for 'de-escalation' training" by David Nather, www.politico.com. March 2, 2015.

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• You are part of the first generation of officers to begin your service in a world where the effects of climate change are so clearly upon us. Climate change will shape how every one of our services plan, operate, train, equip, and protect their infrastructure, today and for the long-term.

  Barack Obama

  Change, Long, Climate

  "In Coast Guard commencement address, Obama buoys climate change" by Allie Malloy and Kristen Holmes, www.cnn.com. May 20, 2015.

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• Young people: I understand this is important to you, but as you be thinking about climate change, the economy and jobs, war and peace, maybe way at the bottom you should be thinking about marijuana.

  Barack Obama

  Change, Peace, Jobs

  "Obama: Think more about the economy, war and peace and less about weed" by Roberta Rampton and Julia Edwards, www.businessinsider.com. March 16, 2015.

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• The kind of violence, looting, destruction that we saw from a handful of individuals in Baltimore, there's no excuse for that. That's not a statement. That's not politics. That's not activism. That's just criminal behavior.

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  Criminals, Politics, Saws

  "At This Hour" with Kate Bolduan and John Berman, www.cnn.com. April 29, 2015.

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• The men and women of America's homeland security apparatus do important work to protect us, and Republicans and Democrats in Congress should not be playing politics with that.

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  Men, America, Important

  Remarks by the President on the FY2016 Budget, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. February 2, 2015.

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• What used to be racial segregation now mirrors itself in class segregation, this great sorting (has) taken place. It creates its own politics. There are some communities where not only do I not know poor people, I don't even know people who have trouble paying the bills at the end of the month. I just don't know those people. And so there's less sense of investment in those children.

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  Children, Taken, Mirrors

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• Year after year, an ideological and economic barrier hardened between our two countries, meanwhile, the Cuban exile community in the United States made enormous contributions to our country, in politics, in business, culture and sports.

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  Sports, Country, Years

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• Our environment is too important to neglect and it's time for the federal government to focus on real solutions and live up to their promises.

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  Real, Government, Focus

  "Obama ventures into swamp, and enemy political territory, to deliver Earth Day message". www.foxnews.com. April 22, 2015.

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• Our government shouldn't make promises we cannot keep, but we must keep the promises we've already made.

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  Government, Promise, Made

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

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• Heaven forbid we've got a problem where we could have prevented a terrorist attack or apprehended someone who is engaged in dangerous activity, but we didn't do so simply because of inaction in the Senate.

  Barack Obama

  Heaven, Problem, Dangerous

  "With A Midnight Deadline, The Senate Meets To Resolve Patriot Act Issues". "All Things Considered" with Karen Grigsby Bates, www.npr.org. May 31, 2015.

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• The president is eager to get to work and looks forward to working with the new Congress on policies that will make sure middle-class Americans are sharing in the economic recovery, but the president is clear that he will not let this Congress undo important protections gained -- particularly in areas of health care, Wall Street reform and the environment.

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  Wall, Health, Recovery

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• Some of the same politicians and pundits that are so quick to reject the possibility of a diplomatic solution to Iran's nuclear program are the same folks who were so quick to go to war in Iraq and said it would take a few months.

  Barack Obama

  War, Blood, Iran

  "Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee joins Wolf Blitzer on The Situation Room". cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com. July 21, 2015.

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