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 I am willing to work with anybody who wants to have a serious conversation about our fiscal future. We're not going to do this under the threat of blowing up the entire economy. I will not negotiate over Congress' responsibility to pay the bills that have already been racked up. I don't know how I can be more clear about this. Barack Obama responsibility want pay Nobody gets to threaten the full faith and credit of the United States just to extract political concessions. Barack Obama credit united-states political He [Barack Obama] talked about deficit reduction. This got me he was talking about how the deficit's being reduced faster in the last 60 years. That's because he's collected more taxes. That's like bragging that you paid your rent after you robbed a bank. It makes no sense. Barack Obama lasts talking years To try to blackmail a president into giving them some concessions on issues that have nothing to do with the budget. Barack Obama issues trying giving Money is the original sin in politics and I am not sinless. Barack Obama original-sin originals sin If you think that running your economy into the ground and having to send troops in in order to prop up your only ally is leadership, then we've got a different definition of leadership. Barack Obama running order thinking America must always lead on the world stage. Barack Obama stage america world I would love to see an America where race is understood in the same way that the ethnic diversity of the white population is understood. Barack Obama race white america I want people around the world to hear me. To all those who would do us harm, no act of terror will go unpunished. It will not dim the light of the values that we proudly present to the rest of the world. No act of violence shakes the resolve of the United States of America. Barack Obama light america people We know that ISIL and other terrorist groups are actively encouraging people, around the world and in our country, to commit terrible acts of violence, oftentimes as lone-wolf actors. Barack Obama terrorist-groups country people We've evolved a lot since 9/11 also, in terms of our law enforcement capabilities, our intelligence capabilities, military, counterterrorism. Barack Obama enforcement military law We are now at a point where because we in fact have been successful at stopping a number of plots, a threat has evolved. We do see these lone-wolf actors. We do see these encouragements for troubled individuals to pick up a gun and act out of this ideology. Barack Obama encouragement gun successful We are on alert 24/7. And everything that you report will be investigated. We do it in private. We do it covertly. This could be a problem, it could simply be your neighbor having a bad day. But better be safe than sorry. Barack Obama bad-day safe sorry We understand the concerns that people have with not only protecting our values, but our privacy interests as well. We think that the USA Freedom Act was a good resolution of that. Barack Obama usa people thinking I think Barack Obama 'll talk about the actions that we've taken, not just since 9/11, but since Paris, to help keep the American people and American interests safe. Barack Obama paris taken thinking I think that dealing with guns is one way to handle the violent-crime issues that we have in this country. Barack Obama gun country thinking Muslim leaders around the globe have to continue working with us to decisively and unequivocally reject the hateful ideology that groups like ISIL and al Qaeda promote. To speak out against not just acts of violence, but also those interpretations of Islam that are incompatible with the values of religious tolerance, mutual respect, and human dignity. Barack Obama speaks-out leader religious There is no doubt that the actions of ISIS are designed to amplify their power and the threat that they pose. That helps them recruit. That adds in the twisted thoughts of some young person that they might want to have carry out an action that somehow they're part of a larger movement. Barack Obama isis doubt add We know we can't stop every act of violence, every act of evil in the world, but maybe we could try to stop one act of evil, one act of violence. Barack Obama gun-control evil trying Nothing will deter us from building the future we want for our children. What greater rejection of those who would tear down our world than marshaling our best efforts to save it. Barack Obama best-effort our-world children
