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 The United States of America has helped underwrite the global security for more than six decades with the blood of our citizens and the strength of our arms. The service and sacrifice of our men and women in uniform has promoted peace and prosperity from Germany to Korea and enabled democracy to take hold in places like the Balkans. Barack Obama sacrifice men blood What's good for America better damn well be good for General Motors. Barack Obama be-good damn america Iran will for sure have pledged to the international community that it will not develop a nuclear weapon, and now will be subject to an additional protocol, a more vigorous inspection and monitoring regime that lasts in perpetuity. Barack Obama nuclear iran community I'm suspicious of too much certainty in the pursuit of understanding just because I think people are limited in their understanding. Barack Obama understanding people thinking Jesus is an historical figure for me, and he's also a bridge between God and man, in the Christian faith, and one that I think is powerful precisely because he serves as that means of us reaching something higher. Barack Obama powerful christian jesus I'm blown away. I'm flabbergasted the president [Barack Obama] made the phone call to Rouhani after 30-plus, `79, 33 years or so. And there's a reason we haven't negotiated with Iran, because they're state-sponsored terrorists. They're the central bank for terrorism around the world. Barack Obama iran phones years He [Barack Obama] talked about a crisises and he was blaming the Republicans on this crisises. It's like me blaming my wife for my drinking. I don't se how this is the Republicans fault. Barack Obama faults wife drinking There's a lot of people talking about elitism and all of that.Yes, I went to Princeton and Harvard, but the lens through which I see the world is the lens that I grew up with. I am the product of a working class upbringing. Barack Obama class talking people The president of the United States is supposed to lead the free world and not follow it. Other nations have been more outspoken. So, I hope that we'll hear more of this because young men and women taking to the streets in Tehran need our support. The signs are in English. They're basically asking for us to speak up on their behalf. Barack Obama support president men We have to enforce the laws we've already got, make sure that we're keeping guns out of the hands of criminals, those who are mentally ill. I also share your belief that weapons that were designed for soldiers in war theaters don't belong on our streets. And so what I'm trying to do is to get a broader conversation about how do we reduce the violence generally. Barack Obama gun war hands What I want all of you to know is that we are going to bring those who killed our fellow Americans to justice. Barack Obama knows want justice Sometimes they're nothing, sometimes they're something, sometimes there's a connection that years later may show up. All of this information is useful. Barack Obama connections may years We have come from a time of the large-scale, planned, Al Qaeda-style attacks, to the encouragement of lone wolves: Fort Hood, Chattanooga. To the encouragement of people to act on their own. Barack Obama style encouragement people I don't think we should ever accept the idea that someone can come along and take away our safety and our freedom. Barack Obama safety ideas thinking Obviously, if Congress wants to talk about anything, we're happy to provide information. We're committed to moving forward under the current act. Barack Obama information want moving We do want people to know if in fact we learn of an incident that's focused on a particular city.If we learn of long-term planning, that's focused on a particular industry or infrastructure. And so we feel we have an obligation to let people know if we have information of a credible threat or not. Barack Obama cities long people You bomb ISIL. You're not trying to bomb innocent people. And that requires intelligence and confidence in our military to be able to develop the kinds of targets that we need. We're already doing Special Forces, who are going to help us gather that intelligence and help advise and assist and train local forces so that they can go after ISIL in areas like Raqqah and Mosul. Barack Obama military special people The challenge there is that ISIL doesn't have an air force, so the damage done there is not against ISIL, it's against the Syrian regime. Barack Obama done challenges air But what I would say to my successor is that it is important not just to shoot but to aim. And it is important, in this seat, to make sure that you're making your best judgments based on data, intelligence, the information that's coming from your commanders and folks on the ground and you're not being swayed by politics. Barack Obama data information important Arne Duncan is done more to bring our educational system, sometimes kicking and screaming, into the 21st century than anyone else. Barack Obama kicking educational done
