I think it's really important to enlarge the issue behind abortion. I have been serving for over two decades and I have seen year in and year out largely the Republicans voting against women's contraception, family planning. Barack Obama More Quotes by Barack Obama More Quotes From Barack Obama Americans... still believe in an America where anything's possible - they just don't think their leaders do. Barack Obama believe america thinking We think of faith as a source of comfort and understanding but find our expressions of faith sowing division; we believe ourselves to be a tolerant people even as racial, religious, and cultural tensions roil the landscape. And instead of resolving these tensions or mediating these conflicts, our politics fans them, exploits them,and drives us further apart. Barack Obama religious faith believe I am not opposed to all wars. I'm opposed to dumb wars. Barack Obama antiwar dumb war That is our generation’s task - to make these words, these rights, these values of life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness real for every American. Barack Obama pursuit-of-happiness real rights Scripture tells us that we shall not oppress a stranger, for we know the heart of a stranger. We were strangers once, too. Barack Obama amnesty scripture heart There are values that transcend race or culture, that move us forward, and there's an obligation for all of us individually as well as collectively to take responsibility to make those values lived. Barack Obama race responsibility moving Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns in to universal, rather than religion-specific, values... it requires that their proposals be subject to argument and amenable to reason. Now I may be opposed to abortion for religious reasons, to take one example, but if I seek to pass a law banning the practice, I cannot simply point to the teachings of my church or evoke God's will. I have to explain why abortion violates some principle that is accessible to people of all faiths, including those with no faith at all. Barack Obama teaching religious law We all knew this. We all knew that it would take more time than any of us want to dig ourselves out of this hole created by this economic crisis. Barack Obama economic holes want Republicans in Congress have two choices here: They can act responsibly, and pay America’s bills; or they can act irresponsibly, and put America through another economic crisis. But they will not collect a ransom in exchange for not crashing the American economy. Barack Obama choices two america I'm less interested in how we label ourselves. I'm more interested in how we treat each other. And if we're treating each other right, then I can be African-American, I can be multi-racial, I can be you name it, what matters is, am I showing people respect, am I caring for one, for other people. Barack Obama what-matters caring names I will cut taxes - cut taxes - for 95 percent of all working families, because, in an economy like this, the last thing we should do is raise taxes on the middle class. Barack Obama cutting lasts class Clearly, Iran has influence in Iraq. Iraq has a majority Shi'a population, they have relationships to Iran. Some are natural. Barack Obama iran majority iraq I've got two daughters and I want to make sure that they have the same opportunities that anybody's sons have. That's part of what I'm fighting for as president of the United States. Barack Obama daughter fighting son Ninety-eight percent of all American companies have fewer than 100 employees. Over half of all Americans work for a small business. Small businesses are the backbone of our nation’s economy and we must protect this great resource.....Helping American small business is part of our movement for change and the end of politics as usual. Barack Obama eight movement usual So my biggest fun has been watching my daughters grow up. Now, unfortunately they're hitting the age where they still love me, but they think I'm completely boring. And so they'll come in, pat me on the head, talk to me for 10 minutes, and then they're gone all weekend. Right? They break my heart! So now I've got to start thinking, Well what's going to replace that fun? Barack Obama growing-up daughter fun We are a nation of laws. Barack Obama nations law There are war-torn countries, people full of poverty, who still voted, 60, 70 percent. If here in the United States of America, we voted at 60 percent, 70 percent, it would transform our politics. Barack Obama war country america The friendship that we established early on in our marriage ... that carries you through tough times. That and a good sense of humor. Barack Obama good-sense sense-of-humor tough-times I cannot swallow whole the view of Lincoln as the Great Emancipator. Barack Obama whole views Each path to knowledge involves different rules and these rules are not interchangeable. Barack Obama different path
