Barack Quotes - Page 38

• I think the election of [Barack] Obama was a great step to prove to the world that we believe that all men were created equal. I think it will show that we have humility.

  Kirk Douglas

  Believe, Humility, Men

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• I was in one a couple of days ago where they saw me in the car and they started banging, banging on my car. I 'm not sure these are even Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama supporters. I think these people are, you know, kind of like professional protesters more.

  Rudy Giuliani

  Couple, Thinking, Obama Supporters

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• It turned out that Democrats did not come out in the numbers they came out for, for Barack Obama. Five million fewer voters than went for Barack Obama back in 2012. So, what went wrong?

  George Stephanopoulos

  Numbers, Voters, Democrat

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• It will be an unusual dynamic [in Congress]. It won't be like the rallying behind President [Barack] Obama in 2009 or behind President [George W.] Bush, even at the beginning of his presidency, or even [Bill] Clinton in '93, when he got his budget through on a partisan vote.

  William Kristol

  President, Bills, Vote

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• The problem with Keith Ellison's message and what you all are saying - and I - and I respect what you're saying because we have been there - is - and another irony of this campaign - is that Barack Obama always won astronomically on his own, but he has completely devastated the party. He's lost the Senate, the House, 30 governorships, over 900 legislatures.

  Mary Matalin

  Party, House, Campaigns

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• Look, at actual Republican and conservative think-tank proposals to replace ObamaCare all have the pre-existing condition provision in, done somewhat differently from [Barack] President Obama's.

  William Kristol

  Thinking, Obamacare, President

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• If President [Barack] Obama - President [Donald] Trump shows up with a, you know, cleaver and just says, I can get rid of all these regulations, I can get rid of ObamaCare, no problem at all, then that would be a mistake.

  William Kristol

  Mistake, Obamacare, President

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• The person who takes the oath of office in the next four months will shape not just the next four years, but the next forty years of our nation. In these next four years, we need proven leadership, proven judgment and proven values. America needs four more years of President Barack Obama.

  Rahm Emanuel

  Oath Of Office, Years, America

  Rahm Emanuel's Speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 4, 2012.

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• The politics, policies, the President [Barack Obama] and the American people are all pointing in the right direction to fix our immigration system and pass legislation this year.

  Luis Gutierrez

  Years, People, President

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• People don't think about the fact that when Barack Obama's parents had him it was illegal for them to be married in several states in this country. So if we start making it okay that certain people can marry and other people can't, it's a slippery slope of civil rights.

  Kerry Washington

  Country, Gay, Thinking

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• The question is, and this is what Barack Obama didn't want to answer, is that human life a person under the constitution. And Barack Obama says no. Well, if that person, human life, is not a person, then I find it almost remarkable for a black man to say no, we're going to decide who our people, and who are not people.

  Rick Santorum

  Men, People, Black

  Anderson Cooper 360°, transcripts.cnn.com. January 4, 2012.

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• You look at that Democratic debate. I had to laugh at what I saw Barack Obama do. I mean, in one week, he went from saying he is going to sit down for tea with our enemies, but then he's going to bomb our allies. I mean, he's gone from Jane Fonda to Dr. Strangelove in one week.

  Mitt Romney

  Mean, Laughing, Tea

  "The Tucker Show", www.nbcnews.com. August 7, 2007.

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• We're [President Barack Obama and I] clear on the fact that we have to stay humble and prayerful. We have to dig down deep to our roots. When things come together, we know some of it is Barack, some of it is us-but a lot of it has nothing to do with either of us.

  Michelle Obama

  Humble, Roots, Luck

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• In the news, Chinese president Hu Jintao says that now that Barack Obama has been elected, he is looking forward to taking the relationship between China and the U.S. to the next level. That's what he said. Yeah. Then he said, 'Who knows, maybe we'll even go all the way.'

  Conan O'Brien

  Chinese, President, Next Level

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• But something stirred across the country because of what happened in Selma, Alabama, because some folks were willing to march across a bridge. And so they [my parents] got together, Barack Obama Jr. was born. So don't tell me I don't have a claim on Selma, Alabama. Don't tell me I'm not coming home when I come to Selma, Alabama.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Home, Bridges

  Barack Obama's speech in Selma, Alabama, as reported in CNN's "Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer", edition.cnn.com. March 4, 2007.

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• I think that Barack Obama faces a level of divisiveness, and I don't mean on a national level in terms of the North and the South and the Civil War; I really mean just politically.

  James Spader

  War, Mean, Thinking

  "James Spader, ‘Lincoln’ Star, On How The Film Can Guide Barack Obama" by Christopher Rosen, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 21, 2012.

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• Let me tell you, Barack Obama is the most down dude in the world, but he's so smart so articulate, such an amazing speaker such a passionate man. He's humble.

  Marlon Wayans

  Smart, Humble, Men

  "Eur Interviews Marlon Wayans, Co-Writer, Producer Of 'A Haunted House'". Interview with Deborah B. Pryor, www.eurweb.com. January 12, 2013.

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• As an early-and-often chronicler of Chicago-on-the-Potomac, I am amazed at the stubborn and clingy persistence of President Barack Obama's snowblowers in the media. See no scandal, hear no scandal, speak no scandal.

  Michelle Malkin

  Persistence, Media, President

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• Every Thanksgiving, Barack sits down to call some of our troops and thank them for their service. When he tells me about these conversations, it always reminds me of how blessed we are to live in a country where men and women will stand up to protect our freedoms and preserve our way of life. And whenever I've had the chance to meet with these heroes and their families, I've always walked away inspired by their courage and in awe of their strength.

  Michelle Obama

  Country, Hero, Blessed

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• I feel the choices our president Barack Obama is making now are safer and better.

  Russell Simmons

  Choices, President, Feels

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• I think that [Barack] Obama was elected because young people are starting to get interested in their country and I think that's a very healthy thing.

  Kirk Douglas

  Country, Thinking, People

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• We are still a nation of laws. You just have to check with Barack Obama every day to see what they are.

  Ted Cruz

  Law, Checks, Stills

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• Barack Obama is the most Jewish president we've ever had (except for Rutherford B. Hayes). No president, not even Bill Clinton, has traveled so widely in Jewish circles, been taught by so many Jewish law professors, and had so many Jewish mentors, colleagues, and friends, and advisers as Barack Obama.

  Jeffrey Goldberg

  Law, Circles, Mentor

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• There are three things about Barack that really stand out for me: strength, moral authority, and wisdom. ... He has pressed the reset button on the moral authority of the entire free world.

  David Cameron

  Reset Button, Buttons, Three

  "Obama, Cameron stress trust" by Jennifer Epstein, www.politico.com. March 14, 2012.

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• You can't believe any picture nowadays, if it's digital. You can't really believe. If you see me shaking hands with Mr. [Barack] Obama, it doesn't mean I ever met him, does it?

  David Hockney

  Believe, Mean, Hands

  Interview with Michael Govan, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 5, 2013.

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