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 (Beau) made you want to be a better person. Barack Obama top-news Beau Biden believed the best of us all, for him, and for his family, we swing our lanterns higher. Barack Obama top-news We all know there's no military solution to the South China Sea disputes. Barack Obama top-news For many of us, this Memorial Day is especially meaningful. It is the first since our war in Afghanistan came to an end, today is the first Memorial Day in 14 years that the United States is not engaged in a major ground war. Barack Obama top-news Today, fewer than 10,000 troops remain on a mission to train and assist Afghan forces. We’ll continue to bring them home and reduce our forces further, down to an embassy presence by the end of next year, but Afghanistan remains a very dangerous place. And as so many families know, our troops continue to risk their lives for us. Barack Obama top-news It's the first since our war in Afghanistan came to an end. Barack Obama top-news On this day we honor the sacrifice of thousands of American service members -- men and women who gave their lives since 9/11, including more than 2,200 American patriots who made the ultimate sacrifice in Afghanistan. Barack Obama top-news The war in Iraq will soon belong to history, barack Obama service belongs to the ages. Barack Obama top-news He made the decision to get out. I don't begrudge him that. It was a decision made based on a campaign promise, it wasn't based on conditions in Iraq at the time and I think we're paying a price for it. Barack Obama politics We definitely got signals from Obama where he stood on some of the basic principles and basic rights. Barack Obama politics Until we know for certain what caused this tragedy, I just want to reiterate what I have already said: That we are a growing country, with a growing economy, we need to invest in the infrastructure that keeps up that way and not just when something bad happens like a bridge collapse or a train derailment but all the time. That's what great nations do. Barack Obama politics With a library and a foundation on the South Side of Chicago, not only will we be able to encourage and effect change locally but what we can also do is attract the world to Chicago. Barack Obama top-news On trade, I actually think some of my dearest friends are wrong. They're just wrong, if we don't write the rules for trade around the world, guess what: China will. Barack Obama politics On every progressive issue, they're right there with me. And then on this one they're like whooping on me, on trade, I actually think some of my dearest friends are wrong. Barack Obama politics Any agreement that we finalize with the other 11 countries will have to be posted online for at least 60 days before I even sign it. Then it would go to Congress -- and you know there's not going to do anything fast, there's nothing fast-track about this. This is a very deliberate track. Barack Obama politics If you drive around Washington, there are a whole bunch of Japanese cars. You go to Tokyo and count how many Chryslers and GM and Ford cars there are. So the current situation is not working for us, and I don't know why it is that folks would be opposed to us opening up the Japanese market more for U.S. autos. Barack Obama politics Look at the facts. Don't just throw a bunch of stuff out there and see if it sticks. Barack Obama politics I'll be done being President in a couple of years, and I'll still be a pretty young man, and so I'll go back to doing the kinds of work that I was doing before, just trying to find ways to help people -- help young people get educations, and help people get jobs, and try to bring businesses into neighborhoods that don't have enough businesses. That's the kind of work that I really love to do. Barack Obama politics Just call them n-----s. Just call them n-----s, no, we don't have to call them by names such as that. Barack Obama us-news The kind of violence, looting, destruction that we saw from a handful of individuals in Baltimore, there's no excuse for that, that's not a statement, that's not politics, that's not activism, it's just criminal behavior. Barack Obama politics