We're going to keep on talking about it and seeing if there's a way forward. Barack Obama More Quotes by Barack Obama More Quotes From Barack Obama I try to explain to them about the aloha spirit. And it's that spirit that I am absolutely convinced is what America is looking for right now. Barack Obama alohatryingamerica Together we resolve that a great nation must care for the vulnerable and protect its people from life's worst hazards and misfortune. Barack Obama pro-lifetogetherpeople The cyber world is sort of the Wild, Wild West, and to some degree, we're asked to be the sheriff. Barack Obama degreeswestworld There is not a liberal America and a conservative America - there is the United States of America. There is not a black America and a white America and latino America and asian America - there's the United States of America. Barack Obama patrioticpowerfulwhite When it comes to immigration, I have actually put more money, under my administration, into border security than any other administration previously. We've got more security resources at the border - more National Guard, more border guards, you name it - than the previous administration. So we've ramped up significantly the issue of border security. Barack Obama issuesimmigrationnames Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world. Barack Obama empathyqualitycharacter The United States does not have a monopoly on crazy people. It's not the only country that has psychosis. And yet we kill each other in these mass shootings at rates that are exponentially higher than anyone else. Well, what's the difference? The difference is that these guys can stack up a bunch of ammunition in their houses, and that's sort of par for the course. Barack Obama crazyguncountry We need fathers to step up, to realize that their job does not end at conception; that what makes you a man is not the ability to have a child but the courage to raise one. Barack Obama jobsfatherchildren Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that family is the most important. Barack Obama role-modelsrocksfamily I don't believe we can get very far, with leaders who write off half the nation as a bunch of victims who never take responsibility for their own lives. Barack Obama responsibilitywritingbelieve The easiest way to save money is to waste less energy. Barack Obama wasteenergyway You have social media and the Internet and immigration and so, suddenly, cultures are clashing and people feel as if they're less familiar with the people around them. That causes social anxieties. Barack Obama anxietymediapeople Today, women make up about half our workforce. But they still make 77 cents for every dollar a man earns. That is wrong, and in 2014, it’s an embarrassment. Women deserve equal pay for equal work. Barack Obama equal-paydollarsmen I've never said that troops should be withdrawn. What I've said is, is that we've got to make sure that we secure and execute the rebuilding and reconstruction process effectively and properly, and I don't think we should have an artificial deadline when to do that. Barack Obama iraqshould-havethinking It's important to recognize that you can't have 100 percent security and also then have 100 percent privacy and zero inconvenience. Barack Obama privacyzeroimportant As a practical matter, it is hard to think of any society in human history in which a majority population has said that as a consequence of historic wrongs, we are now going to take a big chunk of the nation's resources over a long period of time to make that right. Barack Obama majoritylongthinking But it will depend on young people like you being open to new ideas and new possibilities. And it will require young people like you never to stereotype or assume the worst about other people. Barack Obama empathypeopleideas Our objective is clear: we will degrade, and ultimately destroy, ISIL through a comprehensive and sustained counter-terrorism strategy. Barack Obama isilislamicterrorism I believe we can keep the promise of our founders, the idea that if you're willing to work hard, it doesn't matter who you are or where you come from or what you look like or who you love. It doesn't matter whether you're black or white or Hispanic or Asian or Native American or young or old or rich or poor, able, disabled, gay or straight, you can make it here in America if you're willing to try. Barack Obama hard-worknative-americanbelieve You're not going to be able to make good decisions without building some relationship of trust between yourself and community. Barack Obama ablecommunitydecision
