Barack Obama Quotes - Page 20

• My family, frankly, they weren't folks who went to church every week. My mother was one of the most spiritual people I knew but she didn't raise me in the church, so I came to my Christian faith later in life and it was because the precepts of Jesus Christ spoke to me in terms of the kind of life that I would want to lead.

  Barack Obama

  Family, Christian, Mother

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• I've just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married.

  Barack Obama

  Sex, Couple, Gay

  Interview with Robin Roberts, abcnews.go.com. May 9, 2012.

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• I think it was not a bad idea to wrap Barack Obama in the mantle of Teddy Roosevelt. He`s been assuming a sort of progressive mantle, and he ticked off some large and systemic problems that this country faces.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Thinking, Ideas

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• We know we can't stop every act of violence, every act of evil in the world, but maybe we could try to stop one act of evil, one act of violence.

  Barack Obama

  Evil, Gun Control, Trying

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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• It's particularly important that we reach out to everybody in our countries, those who feel disaffected, those who feel left behind by globalization and address their concerns in constructive ways as opposed to more destructive ways.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Important, Addresses

  Source: time.com

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• I want to express our grieve and condolences to the families of two hostages: one American, Dr. Warren Weinstein and an Italian Giovanni LaPorto who were tragically killed in a U.S. counterterrorism operation.

  Barack Obama

  Condolences, Italian, Grieving

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• I will support Iraqis and Syrians fighting to reclaim their communities.

  Barack Obama

  Fighting, Support, Community

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• Whatever we once were, we are no longer a Christian nation

  Barack Obama

  Christian, Mind Blowing, Islam

  "Anti-Obama Mail Piece: ‘We Are No Longer a Christian Nation’" by Peter Hamby, politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com. October 31, 2012.

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• I think it's fair to say that [Donald Trump] and I are sort of opposites in some ways.

  Barack Obama

  Thinking, Opposites, Way

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• Unemployment is low, incomes are up, poverty is down - and that's going to be a lasting change.

  Barack Obama

  Lasting Change, Low Income, Unemployment

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I'm going to tell the American people what I believe will make this country great.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Believe, People

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• All I care about is making sure that I leave behind an America that is stronger, more prosperous, more stable, more secure than it was when I came into office and that's going to continue to drive me.

  Barack Obama

  America, Office, Stronger

  "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. December 30, 2012.

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• I think that people are born with a certain makeup, and that we're all children of God.

  Barack Obama

  Children, Makeup, Thinking

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• The cyber world is sort of the Wild, Wild West, and to some degree, we're asked to be the sheriff.

  Barack Obama

  Degrees, World, West

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• I'm not the strapping young Muslim socialist that I used to be.

  Barack Obama

  Used, Young, Socialist

  "The diplomat-studded and desirable neighborhood the Obamas look set to call home" by David Smith, www.theguardian.com. May 27, 2016.

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• No country should deny people their rights because of who they love, which is why we must stand up for the rights of gays and lesbians everywhere.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Gay, Rights

  "Florida Gay GOP Group Publishes Ad Claiming to Show Slain U.S. Ambassador" by Ian Gray, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 12, 2012.

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• I am a little jet lagged from my trip to Malaysia...The lengths we have to go to to get CNN coverage these days.

  Barack Obama

  Cnn, Politics, Littles

  "Transcript: Obama remarks at White House Correspondents' Association dinner", www.foxnews.com. May 4, 2014.

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• Israel is a true friend. It is our greatest ally in the region. And if Israel is attacked, America will stand with Israel. I've made that clear throughout my presidency.

  Barack Obama

  True Friend, Israel, America

  Source: genius.com

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• We've got to make sure that teachers are respected, that they are rewarded, that young people like yourself who have talent and want to work with people, that you're able to support yourself and live out a great life being a teacher.

  Barack Obama

  Teacher, People, Support

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• You know, one of the things I think you understand as president is you're held responsible for everything, but you don't always have control of everything, right?

  Barack Obama

  Thinking, President, Responsible

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• The Greek people are entrepreneurial.

  Barack Obama

  People, Greek, Entrepreneurial

  Source: time.com

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• Islam is not part of the problem in combating violent extremism - it is an important part of promoting peace.

  Barack Obama

  Mind Blowing, Important, Islam

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

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• The issue of climate change is one that we ignore at our own peril. There may still be disputes about exactly how much we're contributing to the warming of the earth's atmosphere and how much is naturally occurring, but what we can be scientifically certain of is that our continued use of fossil fuels is pushing us to a point of no return. And unless we free ourselves from a dependence on these fossil fuels and chart a new course on energy in this country, we are condemning future generations to global catastrophe.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Ignorance, Issues

  Barack Obama (2009). “Barack Obama: Speeches on the Road to the White House”

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• I believe in the redemptive death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

  Barack Obama

  Jesus, Believe, Resurrection

  Interview with Sarah Pulliam, Ted Olsen, www.christianitytoday.com. January 23, 2008.

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• The point I was making was not that Grandmother harbors any racial animosity. She doesn't. But she is a typical white person.

  Barack Obama

  Grandmother, White, Racism

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