Barack Obama Quotes - Page 96

• I think it is possible for the world to see a Palestinian state - I'm not going to put a time frame on it - that is contiguous, that allows freedom of movement for its people, that allows for trade with other countries, that allows the creation of businesses and commerce so that people have a better life.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Thinking, People

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• When I think about what I'm going through, as President, it doesn't compare to what the folks that I'm representing are going through. They're losing jobs. They're trying to figure out how to pay their medical bills. They've seen retirements suddenly dissipate because of what's happening in the stock market. And so as tough as the job might be, and the politics of Washington can sometimes be I'm always reminded of how fortunate I am to be here, and what an extraordinary responsibility I have to try to deliver on some of the promises that I made during the election.

  Barack Obama

  Retirement, Responsibility, Thinking

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• 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.

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  Abortion, Disrespect, Fundamentals

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• The changes in thinking about same-sex marriage have come slowly at first and then in rapid course. If such change is possible in this area, is it also possible in the vexed and sordid realm of race relations?

  Barack Obama

  Sex, Thinking, Race

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• My view is that discrimination against anyone at the ballot box is wrong and should have the full enforcement of the federal government.

  Barack Obama

  Government, Views, Should Have

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• At the constitutional level, what we of course have assured is that women have the ability to make these reproductive decisions up to the point of viability.

  Barack Obama

  Decision, Levels, Ability

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• What we want is for people to know that you can get affordable health care and most young Americans, they're not covered and the truth is they can get coverage all for what it costs to pay your cell phone bill.

  Barack Obama

  Phones, Cells, People

  "'Baskets' Takes Zach Galifianakis From French Clown School To The Rodeo Ring". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. February 10, 2016.

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• I believe it`s important to be open and honest, especially with your friends.

  Barack Obama

  Believe, Important, Honest

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• I'm willing to work with anyone of either party who has a good idea and the commitment to see through. And we should all expect you to hold us accountable for our progress or our failure to deliver.

  Barack Obama

  Party, Commitment, Ideas

  "Darrell Issa, Fred Upton Talk Oversight; Allen West, Mike Lee on Tea Party Conservatives". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. January 2, 2011.

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• I don't want to make promises, not knowing what the situation's going to be three or four years out.

  Barack Obama

  Knowing, Years, Promise

  Democratic debate, Hanover, New Hampshire, www.nbcnews.com. September 26, 2007.

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• Reversing structural problems in our economy that have been building up for two decades, that was gonna take time. It was gonna take more than a year. It was gonna take more than two years. It was gonna take more than one term. Probably takes more than one president.

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  Years, Building Up, Two

  "Interview With President Obama". "60 Minutes" with Steve Kroft, www.cbsnews.com. December 11, 2011.

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• The United States often finds itself in a situation where if it goes in militarily then it is criticized for going in militarily, and if it doesn't go in militarily, then people say, why aren't you doing something militarily?

  Barack Obama

  People, United States, Situation

  "Sen. Rand Paul on top congressional issues; pivotal moment in the battle over gay marriage". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. March 24, 2013.

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• Here at home, we will strengthen our defenses but not succumb to a siege mentality that sacrifices the open society and liberties and values that we cherish as Americans, because great and proud nations don't hunker down and hide behind walls of suspicion and mistrust.

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  Wall, Home, Sacrifice

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• We must begin by acknowledging a hard truth. We will not eradicate violent conflict in our lifetimes. There will be times when nations, acting individually or in concert, will find the use of force not only necessary but morally justified.

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  Acting, Use, Conflict

  Nobel Prize for Peace Acceptance Speech and Lecture, delivered 10 December 2009, Oslo City Hall, Oslo, Norway

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• We're going to reverse a trend that is killing most families in this country, and that is they're having to go in their pocket for more and more money for health care every year.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Years, Pockets

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• The fear among economists across the political spectrum that was - was that we were rapidly plummeting towards a second Great Depression. So, in the weeks and months that followed, we undertook a series of difficult steps to prevent that outcome. And we were forced to take those steps largely without the help of an opposition party, which, unfortunately, after having presided over the decision-making that had led to the crisis, decided to hand it over to others to solve.

  Barack Obama

  Party, Hands, Decision

  Barack Obama's Speech on Job Creation and Economic Growth, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. December 8, 2009.

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• Many of us were kind of irritated with Obama for larding it with tax cut, which we didn't think was going to be stimulative.

  Barack Obama

  Cutting, Thinking, Irritated

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• I don't think that hedge funds are bad per se. I think they're just one more financial tool. And in that sense, they're useful.

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  Thinking, Tools, Financial

  "NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams", www.nbcnews.com. September 17, 2007.

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• There's a lot of people talking about elitism and all of that.Yes, I went to Princeton and Harvard, but the lens through which I see the world is the lens that I grew up with. I am the product of a working class upbringing.

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  Talking, Class, People

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• The president of the United States is supposed to lead the free world and not follow it. Other nations have been more outspoken. So, I hope that we'll hear more of this because young men and women taking to the streets in Tehran need our support. The signs are in English. They're basically asking for us to speak up on their behalf.

  Barack Obama

  Men, Support, President

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• We have to enforce the laws we've already got, make sure that we're keeping guns out of the hands of criminals, those who are mentally ill. I also share your belief that weapons that were designed for soldiers in war theaters don't belong on our streets. And so what I'm trying to do is to get a broader conversation about how do we reduce the violence generally.

  Barack Obama

  War, Gun, Hands

  Second 2012 presidential debate, www.cbsnews.com. October 17, 2012.

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• I have always had extraordinarily good relations with very conservative colleagues. And that's not because I agree with any of them or fudge on my positions, but people feel I listen to them and give them the benefit of the doubt. I assume the best of people. And that, I think, is an attitude that is maybe rare in politics.

  Barack Obama

  Attitude, Thinking, People

  Source: www.politico.com

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• The other reason might be that you want to talk to voters when you've got seven primaries in seven days. Understand what's happened in this race - where we campaign actively in a state, and voters have the chance to see me directly, they check under the hood, and they kick the tires, when we don't have as much time.

  Barack Obama

  Race, Campaigns, Want

  Interview with Leon Harri, www.politico.com. February 11, 2008.

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• It is my strong belief that Israel has not just the right but the obligation to protect itself.

  Barack Obama

  Strong, Israel, Belief

  Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel Before Bilateral Meeting, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. November 9, 2015.

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• In our democracy and our civic discourse, it seems as if folks who take religion the most seriously are sometimes also those who are suspicious of those not like them.

  Barack Obama

  Democracy, Sometimes, Discourse

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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