My conviction is that those fights need to be fought right now and can be won. And if in fact we have finite political capital, energy, resources, we need to win those fights. Barack Obama More Quotes by Barack Obama More Quotes From Barack Obama I'm a big football fan, but I have to tell you if I had a son, I'd have to think long and hard before I let him play football. Barack Obama football son thinking Torture is how you create enemies, not how you defeat them. Barack Obama torture defeat enemy Know that America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman, and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity...[For] we are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth. Barack Obama men children america Do not tell me that we're not drilling. We're drilling all over this country. I mean, I guess there's some - there are a few spots where we're not drilling. We're not drilling in the national mall. We're not drilling at your house. I guess we could try to have like, you know, 200 oil rigs in the middle of Chesapeake Bay. Barack Obama oil mean country My presidency is not over. I've got another five years coming up. Barack Obama presidency five years As president, I'm committed to making Washington work better and rebuilding the trust of the people who sent us here. Barack Obama rebuilding president people I believe in returning the nation's wealth to its rightful owners. Barack Obama owners wealth believe If we don't reform how healthcare is delivered in this country, then we are not going to be able to get a handle on that escalating healthcare costs. Barack Obama reform cost country Clem (Clementa Pinckney) understood that justice grows out of recognition of ourselves, in each other. Barack Obama recognition grows justice All of us take offense to anyone who reaps the rewards of living in America without taking on the responsibilities of living in America. And undocumented immigrants who desperately want to embrace those responsibilities see little option but to remain in the shadows, or risk their families being torn apart. Barack Obama risk responsibility america Senator Joe Biden is pretty clean and articulate for a white guy. Barack Obama biden guy white Some people only speak of freedom of speech while they're out of power. Once they're in power, they're ruthless in suppressing the rights of others. Barack Obama freedom-of-speech rights people Why hang out with celebrities when I can hang out with the people who made me one? Barack Obama hanging-out made people Nobody's changing what you've got. You get to keep it. Barack Obama Even when our heart aches, we summon the strength that maybe we didn't even know we had, and we carry on; we finish the race. Barack Obama ache race heart We have to ensure free and open exchange of information. That starts with an open internet. I will take a backseat to no one in my commitment to network neutrality. Because once providers start to privilege some applications or websites over others then the smaller voices get squeezed out and we all lose. The internet is perhaps the most open network in history, and we have to keep it that way. Barack Obama neutrality voice commitment Thank you, Planned Parenthood. God bless you. Barack Obama god-bless god-bless-you parenthood For decades, we've been told that it doesn't make economic sense to switch to renewable energy. Today, that's no longer true. Barack Obama economic energy today Hunter Pence eats pizza with a fork. Barack Obama forks pizza hunters I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems. Barack Obama investment defense cutting
