Political Quotes

Barack Obama

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Oct 3, 2007

We will be straight with the American people and true to our values.

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Oct 3, 2007

Torture is how you get bad information, not good intelligence.

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Oct 3, 2007

When I am president America will once again be the country that stands up to these deplorable tactics.

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Oct 3, 2007

The secret authorization of brutal interrogations is an outrageous betrayal of our core values, and a grave danger to our security.

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Oct 3, 2007

I will not be a President who sends our Guard off to fight in a misguided war, while telling America's governors to hope that a big snowstorm won't hit next winter, or that a tornado won't come through town.

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Oct 3, 2007

No more failures to plan, to communicate down the chain of command, or to reset the equipment that we've left in Iraq.

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Oct 3, 2007

It's time to tell the world that America rejects torture without exception or equivocation.

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Oct 3, 2007

Torture is how you set back America's standing in the world, not how you strengthen it.

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