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Barack Obama Quotes
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Type: Politician Quotes Category: American Politician Quotes Date of Birth: August 4, 1961 Nationality: American Find on Amazon: Barack Obama Related Authors: Benjamin Franklin Adlai E. Stevenson Donald Rumsfeld Jon Porter Tim Bishop Bill Frist John C. White Al From |
A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say, 'Huh. It works. It makes sense.'
Barack Obama Community colleges play an important role in helping people transition between careers by providing the retooling they need to take on a new career. Barack Obama Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential. Barack Obama I cannot swallow whole the view of Lincoln as the Great Emancipator. Barack Obama I don't oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war. Barack Obama I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying. Barack Obama If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress. Barack Obama In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope? Barack Obama It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to where we are today, but we have just begun. Today we begin in earnest the work of making sure that the world we leave our children is just a little bit better than the one we inhabit today. Barack Obama John Kerry believes in an America where hard work is rewarded. Barack Obama Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference. Barack Obama My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington. Barack Obama My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success. Barack Obama No one is pro-abortion. Barack Obama Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and the war on terrorism have reduced the pace of military transformation and have revealed our lack of preparation for defensive and stability operations. This Administration has overextended our military. Barack Obama That's silly talk... Talk to my wife. She'll tell me I need to learn to just put my socks on the hamper. Barack Obama The Bush Administration's failure to be consistently involved in helping Israel achieve peace with the Palestinians has been both wrong for our friendship with Israel, as well as badly damaging to our standing in the Arab world. Barack Obama There are patriots who opposed the war in Iraq and there are patriots who supported the war in Iraq. We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America. Barack Obama There is not a liberal America and a conservative America - there is the United States of America. There is not a black America and a white America and latino America and asian America - there's the United States of America. Barack Obama There's not a liberal America and a conservative America - there's the United States of America. Barack Obama Today we are engaged in a deadly global struggle for those who would intimidate, torture, and murder people for exercising the most basic freedoms. If we are to win this struggle and spread those freedoms, we must keep our own moral compass pointed in a true direction. Barack Obama Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation - not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago. Barack Obama 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 We have real enemies in the world. These enemies must be found. They must be pursued and they must be defeated. Barack Obama We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent. Barack Obama We need to steer clear of this poverty of ambition, where people want to drive fancy cars and wear nice clothes and live in nice apartments but don't want to work hard to accomplish these things. Everyone should try to realize their full potential. Barack Obama We worship an awesome God in the Blue States, and we don't like federal agents poking around our libraries in the Red States. We coach Little League in the Blue States and have gay friends in the Red States. Barack Obama We're not going to baby sit a civil war. Barack Obama When we think of the major threats to our national security, the first to come to mind are nuclear proliferation, rogue states and global terrorism. But another kind of threat lurks beyond our shores, one from nature, not humans - an avian flu pandemic. Barack Obama Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement. Barack Obama With the changing economy, no one has lifetime employment. But community colleges provide lifetime employability. Barack Obama You know, my faith is one that admits some doubt. Barack Obama |
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