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 It may be something that future generations are more open to, but I am pretty confident that for the foreseeable future, using the argument of nondiscrimination, and "Let's get it right for the kids who are here right now," and giving them the best chance possible, is going to be a more persuasive argument. Barack Obama generations giving kids If you're a progressive, you've got to be worried about how the federal government is spending its revenue, because we don't have enough money to spend on things like early childhood education that are so important. Barack Obama childhood government important In the course of a healthy debate, we prioritize different goals, and the different means of reaching them. But without some common baseline of facts, without a willingness to admit new information and concede that your opponent might be making a fair point, and that science and reason matter - then we're going to keep talking past each other, and we'll make common ground and compromise impossible. Barack Obama goal mean past We have to have a president who is clear that you don't deal with Russia based on staring into his eyes and seeing his soul. You deal with Russia based on, what are your - what are the national security interests of the United States of America? And we have to recognize that the way they've been behaving lately demands a sharp response from the international community and our allies. Barack Obama community eye soul More people are realising that ISIL's not a caliphate. It's a crime ring. Barack Obama isil crime people My liberty depends on you being free, too. Barack Obama depends being-free liberty The Asia Pacific is home to nearly half the world's population, a growing middle class and holds so much opportunity for us all. Barack Obama home class opportunity There's no one who I believe has ever captured the soul of America more profoundly than Abraham Lincoln has. Barack Obama soul believe america Everybody acknowledges that the current path we're on is unsustainable, not just for the people who don't have health insurance but for those who do. Barack Obama currents path people That is the nature of democracy. It is hard. It is not always inspiring. Barack Obama hard democracy The problem is that young people are less likely to vote than older people. What results is a situation in which sometimes the elections don't fully reflect the views of the American population. Barack Obama population views people At a certain point you can't help but lose some feel for what's on the ground because you're not on the ground. Barack Obama certain feels helping There is a wide range of views within the Jewish community, so it's not monolithic. Barack Obama range community views When you're a candidate and you say something that is inaccurate or controversial, it has less impact than it does when you're president of the United States. Everybody around the world's paying attention. Markets move. National security issues require a level of precision in order to make sure that you don't make mistakes. Barack Obama mistake order moving Reinvigorating the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department, making sure that in our Department of Education, where we see evidence of black boys being suspended at substantially higher rates than white boys for the same behavior, in the absence of that kind of rigorous enforcement of the nondiscrimination principle, then the long-standing biases that I believe have weakened, but are still clearly present in our society, assert themselves in ways that usually disadvantage African Americans. Barack Obama rights boys believe We know hackers steal people's identities and infiltrate private e-mails. We know foreign countries and companies swipe our corporate secrets. Barack Obama identity secret country Our enemies are also seeking the abilities to sabotage our power grid, our financial institutions, our air traffic control systems. Barack Obama ability financial enemy I think the most important thing is to take the long view on things. We live in such a 24/7, Twitter-fed, constant news cycle, and everything's a crisis, everything is terrible, everything is doomsday, everything is - if it doesn't get solved tomorrow, your presidency is going off the rails. Barack Obama views long thinking My job is to keep my eye on the ball and to stay focused on what can we get done every single day to advance the vision and values that brought me here. Barack Obama vision eye jobs David [Cameron] has been an outstanding friend and partner on the global stage and, based on our conversation, I'm confident that the UK is committed to an orderly transition out of the EU. Barack Obama partners transition stage