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 We agreed that our economic and financial teams will remain in close contact as we stay focused on ensuring economic growth and financial stability. Barack Obama financial growth team There are certain occupations - probably, most prominently, politics - where there would be a bias against somebody who's agnostic or atheist in running for office. Barack Obama office atheist running I think that the issues we have with science these days are not restricted to what's happening with respect to religion. There are a lot of very religious scientists around. Barack Obama issues religious thinking You [Bill Maher] seem to have done alright with your TV show... I mean, I don't get a sense... to the extent that they're boycotting you, it's because of your other wacky views rather than your particular views on religion. Barack Obama tv-shows views mean I wanna thank the German people for the incredible partnership that our countries have been able to establish all these years. Barack Obama country people years It's up to [Angela Merkel] whether she wants to stand again and then ultimately, it'll be up to the German people to decide what the future holds. If I were here and I were German and I had a vote, I might support her. Barack Obama support want people Maybe at the same time as I'm more confident today, I'm also more humble. Barack Obama humble today The ideas of ancient Greece helped inspire America's founding fathers as they reached for democracy. Our revolutionary ideas helped inspire Greeks as they sought their own freedom. Barack Obama father america ideas We all want the Greek people to prosper, to be able to provide a good life for their families and their children. That would be good for Greece, that would be good for the European Union, good for the United States, and ultimately, good for the world. Barack Obama good-life children people I won Iowa not because the demographics dictated that I would win Iowa. It was because I spent 87 days going to every small town and fair and fish fry and BFW Hall, and there were some counties where I might have lost, but maybe I lost by 20 points instead of 50 points. There's some counties maybe I won, that people didn't expect, because people had a chance to see you and listen to you and get a sense of who you stood for and who you were fighting for. Barack Obama iowa fighting winning I think Dona;d Trump is sincere in wanting to be a successful president and moving this country forward and I don't think any president ever comes in saying to himself "I want to figure out how to make people angry or alienate half the country." Barack Obama successful country moving This is why the anti-discrimination principle being enforced is important. Because it won't stop if some of the underlying biases aren't challenged and surfaced. And that in and of itself creates backlash and denial. This is what I mean when I say better is hard. Barack Obama denial important mean It's the reason why I am always interested in engaging in people who are pushing us and pushing against the status quo. But having been an activist, the only thing that I'm always encouraging activists to do is, once you have raised the issue, and even through controversial means, you have to come behind it with an agenda and the possibility of reconciliation if power meets your demands. Barack Obama issues mean people I don't regret the excitement, because I do think that it helped us accomplish as much as we did. Barack Obama excitement regret thinking I then spoke to chancellor (Angela) Merkel of Germany and we agreed that the United States and our European allies will work closely together in the weeks and months ahead. Barack Obama allies united-states together If you're reading something from a Nobel Prize-winning physicist next to some guy in his underwear writing in his basement, or his mom's basement, on text, it looks like it's equally plausible. Barack Obama mom reading writing Moral values includes the immorality of 45 million uninsured or the immorality of working people who are having trouble raising a family despite working full-time. That has to be part of the moral equation. And if we are able to frame things in that fashion, then I think we can be successful. Barack Obama fashion successful thinking You have to be involved in terms of what's happening in your local neighborhood and what issues are there. Barack Obama issues term neighborhood People are less certain of their national identities or their place in the world. It starts looking different and disorienting. And there is no doubt that that has produced populist movements both from the left and from the right in many countries in Europe. Barack Obama europe country people I want to make sure America has got the best education system in the world. And we're retaining our workers for the jobs of tomorrow. Barack Obama jobs america world
