Being attentive to inequality and not tone deaf to it. But offering prescriptions that are actually going to help folks in communities that feel forgotten. That's going to be our most important strategy. And I think we can successfully do that. Barack Obama More Quotes by Barack Obama More Quotes From Barack Obama Going through the legislative process is always better, in part because it's harder to undo. Barack Obama legislative-process harder process Our intelligence communities spend a lot of time and effort gathering a lot of strands and a lot of data [on Russian hacking]. There are times where they're very cautious and they say, "We think this is what happened, but we're not certain." Barack Obama data effort thinking There are gonna be elections coming up among our NATO allies that we have to pay attention to. I anticipate that this kind of thing can happen again here. And so in addition to the report assessing what exactly happened, what we have also done is to make sure that the Department of Homeland Security and our intelligence teams are working with the various folks who run our elections. Barack Obama team running attention One of the things that I've urged the president-elect to do is to develop a strong working relationship with the intelligence community and I think it's important that Congress, on a bipartisan basis. Barack Obama community strong thinking It could be another election where the alignments between Republicans and Democrats are different than they were this time and who a foreign country prefers. Barack Obama election different country I remember having meetings with Republican senators who initially had been trying to engage [Obamacare] but saw that the politics of 'no' were growing inside the Republican Party. Barack Obama obamacare party trying If you think that we've overregulated in the environmental space what I can show you is that we have tripled the amount of wind power in this country, increased by tenfold the amount of solar power. We are producing as much oil and gas as we've ever produced. Barack Obama wind country thinking The American people are both anxious for change. We're in a time of flux. Barack Obama flux anxious people The globe is shrinking, the information age is bringing a lot of changes. People are anxious about their future and their children's futures. Barack Obama age children people Even on health care what you've seen is a lot of stories surfacing lately about people who said, "Well, I voted for [Donald] Trump but I don't think he's really gonna take away my health care." Barack Obama stories people thinking What I'm thinking about are the millions of people, many of whom write me very personal letters :"Dear Mr. President: I did not vote for you. I was against Obamacare. And then my son who didn't have health insurance signed up and we just found out that he had an illness. And thankfully he's now covered, otherwise he might not have gotten treatment and I might have lost my house." Barack Obama writing son thinking What is also true is that partly because my docket was really full here, so I couldn't be both chief organizer of the Democratic Party and function as Commander-in-Chief and President of the United States. We did not begin what I think needs to happen over the long haul, and that is rebuild the Democratic Party at the ground level. Barack Obama party long thinking When you look at what [new generation] believe in, how they value diversity, how they believe in science, how they care about the environment, how they believe in, you know, everybody getting a fair shot, how they believe in not discriminating against people for sexual orientation and you know, their belief that we have to work with other countries to create a more peaceful world and to alleviate poverty, that's the majority an entire generation that's coming up behind us. Barack Obama diversity believe country I think that there's gonna be a lot of work to do in order to consolidate the transformations that I was interested in. Barack Obama transformation order thinking Sustaining the energy and focus involved in doing a good job I think starts to gets tougher the longer you do it. Barack Obama focus jobs thinking That's part of what I tried to describe to my team and supporters after the election, there was a lot of disappointment. Barack Obama election team disappointment I think it is possible for the world to see a Palestinian state - I'm not going to put a time frame on it - that is contiguous, that allows freedom of movement for its people, that allows for trade with other countries, that allows the creation of businesses and commerce so that people have a better life. Barack Obama country people thinking I believe it`s important to be open and honest, especially with your friends. Barack Obama honest important believe He [Barack Obama] might have a pen, and he might have a phone, but what he does not have is the constitutional power to run this country like a dictator. Barack Obama phones running country Here at home, we will strengthen our defenses but not succumb to a siege mentality that sacrifices the open society and liberties and values that we cherish as Americans, because great and proud nations don't hunker down and hide behind walls of suspicion and mistrust. Barack Obama wall sacrifice home
