Quotes by Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

American politician

Lived from: 1961 -

Category: Politics Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 4 august 1961

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  • I will cut taxes - cut taxes - for 95 percent of all working families, because, in an economy like this, the last thing we should do is raise taxes on the middle class.
    Celebrating Change: Key Speeches of President-Elect Barack Obama, From October 2002 to November 2008
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  • I'm the president of the United States, I'm not the emperor of the United States.
    Google Hangout 15-02-2013
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  • I've been fighting with Acorn, alongside Acorn, on issues you care about, my entire career.
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  • I've said very clearly, including in a State of the Union address, that I'm against 'don't ask, don't tell' and that we're going to end this policy.
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  • If everybody that voted in 2008 shows up in 2010, we will win this election. We will win this election.
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  • If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost.
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  • If we choose to keep those tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires, if we choose to keep a tax break for corporate jet owners, if we choose to keep tax breaks for oil and gas companies that are making hundreds of billions of dollars, then that means we've got to cut some kids off from getting a college scholarship.
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  • If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help... Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business - you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.
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  • If you're looking for the safe choice, you shouldn't be supporting a black guy named Barack Obama to be the next leader of the free world.
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  • If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.
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  • In Africa, you often see that the difference between a village where everybody eats and a village where people starve is government. One has a functioning government, and the other does not. Which is why it bothers me when I hear people say that government is the enemy. They don't understand its fundamental role.
    Independent Magazine (March 2007)
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  • In America, there's a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world.
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  • In December, I agreed to extend the tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans because it was the only way I could prevent a tax hike on middle-class Americans. But we cannot afford $1 trillion worth of tax cuts for every millionaire and billionaire in our society. We can't afford it. And I refuse to renew them again.
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  • In fact, the best thing we could do on taxes for all Americans is to simplify the individual tax code. This will be a tough job, but members of both parties have expressed an interest in doing this, and I am prepared to join them.
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  • In the absence of sound oversight,responsible businesses are forced to compete against unscrupulous and underhanded businesses, who are unencumbered by any restrictions on activities that might harm the environment, or take advantage of middle-class families, or threaten to bring down the entire financial system.
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  • In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?
    Speech DNC, 2004
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  • Issues are never simple. One thing I'm proud of is that very rarely will you hear me simplify the issues.
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  • It is easier to start wars than to end them. It is easier to blame others than to look inward; to see what is different about someone than to find the things we share. But we should choose the right path, not just the easy path.
    Speech Cairo, 04-06-2009
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  • 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.
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  • It was not a religion that attacked us that September day. It was al-Qaeda. We will not sacrifice the liberties we cherish or hunker down behind walls of suspicion and mistrust.
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