Political Quotes

Barack Obama

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Barack Obama served as the 44th President of the United States from January 20, 2009, to January 20, 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously represented Illinois in the U.S. Senate from 2005 to 2008 and served in the Illinois State Senate from 1997 to 2004. Obama is known for his signature policies including the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, and his efforts in economic recovery following the 2008 financial crisis. His presidency was marked by significant legislative achievements and a focus on healthcare reform, climate change, and foreign policy initiatives such as the Iran nuclear deal.

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Jan 9, 2017

We can argue about how to best achieve these goals. But we can't be complacent about the goals themselves.

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Jan 9, 2017

It falls to each of us to be those anxious, jealous guardians of our democracy.

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Jan 9, 2017

I think that was, you know, laced throughout his entire speech which is what you can do going forward and how we cannot be governed by fear.

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Jan 9, 2017

I am asking you to hold fast to that faith written into our founding documents.

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Jan 8, 2017

The United States strongly condemns today's terrorist attack on checkpoints in Egypt's North Sinai Governorate.

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Jan 7, 2017

The truth of the matter is that-- that the problem of police shootings and reactions in the community--

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Jan 7, 2017

You know, I think there are a lot of factors going into an election.

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Jan 7, 2017

The pain, the grief, the shock that they must be going through is enormous.

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Jan 5, 2017

What is true is that the Russians intended to meddle and they meddled. Vladimir Putin is not on our team.

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Jan 5, 2017

I probably would have supported a single-payer system because it's just easier to—for people to understand and manage.

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Jan 5, 2017

I don't want to comment on it other than just to say how heartbroken we are for the families who have been affected. These kinds of tragedies have happened too often during the eight years that I've been president.

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