President Obama Quotes - Page 23

• I think the latest estimates were that we have about 250,000 millionaires and billionaires. President Obama wants to increase their taxes 13 percent.

  Joe Walsh

  Thinking, President, Want

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• Our democratic values also include - and our national security demands - open and transparent government. Some information obviously needs to be protected. And since his first days in office, President Obama has worked to strike the proper balance between the security the American people deserve and the openness our democratic society expects.

  John O. Brennan

  Government, People, Office

  "Strengthening our Security by Adhering to our Values and Laws". John O. Brennan's Speech at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. September 16, 2011.

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• President Obama hosted a state dinner for British Prime Minister David Cameron. The president and the British are getting along a lot better lately. They love to compare notes on ways the Tea Party's always trying to overthrow their rule in America.

  Argus Hamilton

  Party, Always Trying, America

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• President Obama compared himself to Gandhi and Nelson Mandela in the struggle to bring about change. The comparison is flawed. They spent years in jail before taking political power, while politicians from Chicago do it the other way around.

  Argus Hamilton

  Struggle, Years, Jail

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• The death of Osama bin Laden marks the most significant development in our fight against al-Qa'ida. I salute President Obama ... in achieving this major accomplishment. ... The death of Osama bin Laden is historic.

  Nancy Pelosi

  Fighting, Accomplishment, President

  "U.S. leaders, political groups, welcome news of bin Laden's death", www.cnn.com. May 2, 2011.

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• I think President Obama really does get the value of the arts.

  Herb Alpert

  Art, Thinking, President

  "Trumpeter Herb Alpert". "Tell Tavis" with Tavis Smiley, www.pbs.org. March 3, 2014.

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• President Obama is a man who had certain advantages because of the civil rights movement. He had the opportunity to go to some of the best schools in this country - schools that train you how to run the political paradigm, not challenge it. The leaders of the Black Power Movement were challenging that paradigm.

  Danny Glover

  Running, Country, School

  Interview with Ed Rampell, progressive.org. February 8, 2012.

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• Apparently President Obama's favorite cocktail is a martini. When asked how he likes it, he said, 'On the beach, in Hawaii, in 2017.'

  Jimmy Fallon

  Beach, President, Hawaii

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• At a recent education summit, President Obama admitted that he can't rap. When they heard, Americans said, 'Good!'

  Jimmy Fallon

  Rap, President, Said

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• President Obama has done more damage to America than any American has since 1776

  Dennis Prager

  America, President, Done

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• President Obama awarded a National Medal of Arts to author Stephen King. You know, because if there's anyone who can relate to the story of a guy trapped in a mansion that's driving him insane, it's Obama.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Art, Kings, Guy

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• What made me decide to run was the dire state of the economy and the non-leadership of President Obama. At that point in time, my campaign put a mustache on Obama as part of the national campaign drive.

  Kesha Rogers

  Running, Mustache, President

  "Kesha Rogers, Texas Democrat And Anti-Obama Nominee, Disavowed By Party Members". Interview with Gene Demby, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 11, 2012.

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• Texas Democrats should be more concerned about what President Obama is doing to destroy the party, and the nation, than about what I am doing in going after him for that.

  Kesha Rogers

  Party, Texas, President

  "Texas Democrats Working To Make Sure Lyndon LaRouche Disciple Doesn’t Get Senate Nod" by Amanda Terkel, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 19, 2014.

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• President Obama contends that charges he is "not really an American" have been trumped up by you-know-who.

  Michael R. Burch

  President, Knows, Has Beens

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• The good news is, President Obama was born in America. The bad news is, so was Donald Trump.

  Jay Leno

  America, President, News

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• Donald Trump said he still wants to look more closely at Obama's birth certificate to make sure that it's real. Incidentally, President Obama said the same exact thing about Donald Trump's hair.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Real, Hair, President

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• Donald Trump said that if President Obama releases his birth certificate, Trump will release his tax return. Obama said he won't run for a second term if Trump releases that thing on his head.

  Conan O'Brien

  Running, President, Return

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• President Obama wants to raise taxes on the country's richest people. And you thought Donald Trump hated him before.

  Jay Leno

  Country, People, President

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• President Obama inherited a one trillion dollar deficit courtesy of George Bush and turned it into a three trillion dollar deficit courtesy of Karl Marx!

  Michael Savage

  President, Dollars, Three

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• For years President Obama has been saying that no one would lose their healthcare plan. Now the White House has admitted that in fact many people will lose their plans. But there is a way to keep the great coverage you have. Just become a member of Congress. Then the taxpayers pay for the whole thing.

  Jay Leno

  Years, White, People

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• President Obama told a group of school children that broccoli was his favorite food, and they believed him. Then he told them Obamacare would reduce the deficit and the kids all busted out laughing.

  Jay Leno

  Children, School, Kids

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• Congratulations to President Obama on being reelected president of the United States. Turns out it is not all bad news for the Republicans. It seems that depression is covered by Obamacare.

  Jay Leno

  Congratulations, Obamacare, President

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• In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court ruled President Obama's healthcare mandate is constitutional. This is a major victory for President Obama, who spent three years promoting it, and a major setback for Mitt Romney, who spent three years creating it.

  Jay Leno

  Years, Creating, Decision

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• Like Lyndon Johnson, President Obama understands that timidity in a time of troubles is a prescription for failure.

  Robert Dallek

  President, Trouble, Johnson

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• What's the legacy of President Obama? I think this is just another, another example of passing the buck. It never stops at the White House.

  Eric Bolling

  Thinking, White, House

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