President Obama Quotes - Page 3

• By the time President Obama took office, Guantánamo was viewed internationally as a symbol of a counterterrorism approach that flouted our laws and strayed from our values, undercutting the perceived legitimacy - and therefore the effectiveness - of our efforts.

  John O. Brennan

  Effectiveness, Law, 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 has made it clear that the United States is determined to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

  John O. Brennan

  Iran, President, Nuclear

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• House and Senate Republicans are now united in adopting earmark bans. We hope President Obama will follow through on his support for an earmark ban by pressing Democratic leaders to join House and Senate Republicans in taking this critical step to restore public trust.

  John Boehner

  House, Support, Leader

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• It's pretty clear that over the last three months the economy has paused. And it's also pretty clear the American people are still demanding and asking the question, 'Where are the jobs?' And the reason we don't have new jobs is because of the job-killing agenda pursued by President Obama and his allies in the Congress.

  John Boehner

  Jobs, People, New Job

  "Meet the Press" Interview, www.realclearpolitics.com. August 8, 2010.

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• Well, what did we buy? Instead of a leaner, smarter government, we bought a bureaucracy that now tells us which light bulbs to buy, and which will put 16,500 IRS agents in charge of policing President Obama's health care bill.

  Michele Bachmann

  Light, Government, President

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• President Obama started with a much weaker economy than I did. Listen to me, now. No president - no president, not me, not any of my predecessors, no one could have fully repaired all the damage that he found in just four years.

  William J. Clinton

  Years, President, Four

  William J. "Bill" Clinton's speech at the Democratic National Convention, www.nytimes.com. September 5, 2012.

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• President Obama's approach embodies the values, the ideas and the direction America has to take to build the 21st-century version of the American Dream: a nation of shared opportunities, shared responsibilities, shared prosperity, a shared sense of community.

  William J. Clinton

  Dream, Responsibility, Opportunity

  William J. "Bill" Clinton's speech at the Democratic National Convention, www.nytimes.com. September 5, 2012.

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• President Obama's record on national security is a tribute to his strength, and judgment, and to his preference for inclusion and partnership over partisanship.

  William J. Clinton

  President, Records, Judgment

  Bill Clinton's speech to the Democratic National Convention, www.washingtonpost.com. September 6, 2012.

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• Romney and Democratic rival President Obama have led their partisan backers down a trail of lies, negativity and vacuous policies that seem certain to guarantee an angry electorate four more years of gridlock.

  Ron Fournier

  Lying, Years, Negativity

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• President Obama is casting his lot in the middle of a debate as old as America itself: Are we rugged individualists pulling ourselves up by the bootstraps? Or are we a nation of community, all connected and counting on one another?

  Ron Fournier

  America, Community, President

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• Don't kid yourself. President Obama's decision to withdraw 33,000 troops from Afghanistan before he stands for reelection is not driven by the United States' 'position of strength' in the war zone as much as it is by grim economic and political realities at home.

  Ron Fournier

  War, Home, Kids

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• By nominating Chuck Hagel to be his Defense secretary, President Obama is putting forward an aloof contrarian who doesn't suffer fools - a striving politician who considers himself above politics.

  Ron Fournier

  Suffering, President, Defense

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• I'm hearing echoes of Bill Clinton, circa 1996, in President Obama's reelection rhetoric.

  Ron Fournier

  Echoes, President, Reelection

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• As America's head coach, President Obama needs to make some big and smart adjustments to jump-start economic growth and business investment, stimulate job creation, and get wages up for ordinary Americans.

  Harold Ford, Jr.

  Jobs, Smart, America

  "A little advice for Obama at the half". fortune.com. November 18, 2010.

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• I have a lot of faith in President Obama. The thing that seems to be true of him is that he doesn't speak when you would expect him to speak. He's very measured in his response to things. He likes to get all the facts first before he shoots his mouth off. It makes me crazy; it makes a lot of people crazy.

  Harvey Fierstein

  Crazy, People, President

  "Harvey Fierstein Opens Up About His Fiery Op-Ed on Russia's Anti-Gay Campaign". Interview with Seth Abramovitch, www.hollywoodreporter.com. July 22, 2013.

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• President Obama made the right choice, over 1 million Americans are still working today. The American auto industry is not just surviving. It is thriving. Where Mitt Romney was willing to turn his back on Akron, Dayton, and Toledo, Ohio, the president said, "I've got your back''.

  Rahm Emanuel

  Ohio, Choices, President

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

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• I saw the president make the tough calls in the Situation Room - and today, our troops in Iraq have finally come home so America can do some nation building here at home. That was the change that we believed in. That was the change we fought for. That was the change President Obama delivered.

  Rahm Emanuel

  Home, Iraq, America

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

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• When some Republican governors asked to try new ways to put people on welfare back to work, the Obama Administration said they would only do it if they had a credible plan to increase employment by 20%. You hear that? More work. So the claim that President Obama weakened welfare reform's work requirement is just not true.

  William J. Clinton

  People, Trying, President

  "Bill Clinton Speech Text: Read The Former President’s Democratic Convention Remarks", www.huffingtonpost.com. September 5, 2012.

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• It's very easy for people to be critical of President Obama's first term, but let's face it, he didn't exactly inherit the country in the best shape.

  George Clooney

  Country, People, President

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• I think President Obama is the most radical president this nation's ever seen. And in particular, I think he is a true believer in government control of the economy and of our everyday lives. In my judgment, we are facing what I consider to be the epic battle of our generation, quite literally the battle over whether we remain a free market nation.

  Ted Cruz

  Epic, Thinking, Government

  "Ted Cruz: Cuban Ivy League Tea Partier for Senate" by Caroline May, dailycaller.com. June 06, 2011.

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• President Obama has earned my vote on the basis of his excellent judicial appointments, his consensus-building foreign policy and the improvements he has brought about in the disastrous economy he inherited.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Consensus Building, President, Improvement

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• We can go back to economic plans that are only designed to benefit the wealthiest among us, like Mitt Romney. Or we can keep moving forward with President Obama's vision for a growing economy that works for middle-class families in North Carolina and all across the country. For me, for North Carolina and for America, it's an easy choice.

  Bev Perdue

  Country, Moving, Class

  "Gov. Bev Perdue DNC 2012 speech". www.politico.com. September 04, 2012.

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• When President Obama entered the White House, the economy was in a free-fall. The auto industry: on its back. The banks: frozen up. More than three million Americans had already lost their jobs. And America's bravest, our men and women in uniform, were fighting what would soon be the longest wars in our history.

  Rahm Emanuel

  Jobs, War, Fall

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

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• Banks are slowly but surely lending again, and never again will taxpayers foot the bill for Wall Street’s excesses. In case we forgot, that was the change we believed in. That was the change we fought for. That was the change President Obama delivered.

  Rahm Emanuel

  Wall, Feet, President

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

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• I was opposed to the U.S. involvement in Libya from the very start. President Obama has never made a compelling national security case on Libya.

  Michele Bachmann

  President, Libya, Made

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