Now that Iran's actions have been verified, it can begin to receive relief from certain nuclear sanctions and gain access to its own money that had been frozen. Barack Obama More Quotes by Barack Obama More Quotes From Barack Obama The problem with all these tired excuses for inaction is that it suggests a fundamental lack of faith in American business and American ingenuity. Barack Obama global-warming tired fundamentals Those of us in positions of responsibility, we'll need to be less concerned with the judgment of special interests and well-connected donors, and more concerned with the judgment of posterity. Barack Obama responsibility special needs As the world's largest economy and second-largest carbon emitter, as a country with unsurpassed ability to drive innovation and scientific breakthroughs, as the country that people around the world continue to look to in times of crisis, we've got a vital role to play. We can't stand on the sidelines. We've got a unique responsibility. Barack Obama unique responsibility country We can't just drill our way out of the energy and climate challenge that we face. Barack Obama challenges faces way A low-carbon, clean energy economy can be an engine of growth for decades to come. Barack Obama clean growth energy The old rules may say we can’t protect our environment and promote economic growth at the same time, but in America, we’ve always used new technologies - we’ve used science; we’ve used research and development and discovery to make the old rules obsolete. Barack Obama research-and-development technology discovery The United States was founded on the idea that all people are endowed with inalienable rights, and that principle has allowed us to work to perfect our union at home while standing as a beacon of hope to the world. Today, that principle is embodied in agreements Americans helped forge - the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Geneva Conventions, and treaties against torture and genocide - and it unites us with people from every country and culture. Barack Obama rights home country When the United States stands up for human rights, by example at home and by effort abroad, we align ourselves with men and women around the world who struggle for the right to speak their minds, to choose their leaders, and to be treated with dignity and respect. We also strengthen our security and well being, because the abuse of human rights can feed many of the global dangers that we confront - from armed conflict and humanitarian crises, to corruption and the spread of ideologies that promote hatred and violence. Barack Obama struggle home men So on this Human Rights Day, let us rededicate ourselves to the advancement of human rights and freedoms for all, and pledge always to live by the ideals we promote to the world. Barack Obama advancement rights world No country can hide from the dangers of carbon pollution Barack Obama pollution climate-change country What we can be scientifically certain of is that our continued use of fossil fuels is pushing us to a point of no return Barack Obama fossils fuel use The issue of climate change is one that we ignore at our own peril Barack Obama peril issues climate There is no shame in confusion or fear. "There was only shame in the silence fear had produced. . . . It was the silence that betrayed us." Barack Obama confusion silence grace The silence killed your faith. Barack Obama silence grace The pain I felt was my father's pain. Barack Obama pain grace father We have to think about affirmative action and craft it in such a way where some of our children, who are advantaged, aren't getting more favorable treatment than a poor white kid who struggled more. Barack Obama kids children thinking ...Started by missionaries in 1841, Punahou Academy had grown into a prestigious prep school, an incubator for island elites...It hadn't been easy to get me in, my grandparents told her (my mother); there was a long waiting list, and I was considered only because of the intervention of Gramps' boss, who was an alumnus (my first experience with affirmative action, it seems, had little to do with race). Barack Obama mother islands school We're not going to deputize a whole bunch of American citizens to start grabbing people or turning them in, in part because the ordinary American citizen may not know whether or not this person is illegal or not. But, you know, the notion that we're going to criminalize priests, for example, or doctors who are providing services to individuals, and throw them in jail for doing what their calling asks them to do, which is to provide help and service to people in need, I think that is a mistake. I think that's out of America's character. Barack Obama mistake character thinking But I also want to give them a pathway so that they can earn citizenship, earn a legal status, start learning English, pay a significant fine, go to the back of the line, but they can then stay here and they can have the ability to enforce a minimum wage that they're paid, make sure the worker safety laws are available, make sure that they can join a union. Barack Obama safety law giving I think we can provide common-sense approaches to the issue of illegal guns that are ending up on the streets. We can make sure that criminals don't have guns in their hands. We can make certain that those who are mentally deranged are not getting a hold of handguns. We can trace guns that have been used in crimes to unscrupulous gun dealers that may be selling to straw purchasers and dumping them on the streets. Barack Obama issues gun thinking
