Political Quotes

On the recordDecember 1, 2009
Every day, people put themselves and their fellow Americans in danger on our Nation's roadways when they drive after consuming alcohol or after using legal and illegal drugs.
Said by
Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Proclamation 8461—National Impaired Driving Prevention Month

Share

More from Barack Obama

Jun 19, 2026

I am very happy to see a ceasefire. And I’m hopeful that it holds.

theguardian.com
Nov 7, 2025

The essence of Prop. 50 is to say that if you are going to play that game, then we are going to try to counteract that abuse of the system.

slate.com
Jun 19, 2026

We’ve now fought a war, spent billions and billions of dollars, you know, put enormous strain on our military. A lot of people have died. And it feels like we’re back where we were before we started the war, except maybe a little bit worse…

theguardian.com
Jun 19, 2026

And there’s no reason to suggest that we can’t get through this one either.

huffpost.com

Other voices in this conversation