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Barack Obama Quotes About Work

John Kerry believes in an America where hard work is rewarded.

If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost.

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.

Now we're in the midst of not just advocating for change, not just calling for change - we're doing the grinding, sometimes frustrating work of delivering change - inch by inch, day by day.

I don't take a dime of their [lobbyist] money, and when I am president, they won't find a job in my White House.

In fact, the best thing we could do on taxes for all Americans is to simplify the individual tax code. This will be a tough job, but members of both parties have expressed an interest in doing this, and I am prepared to join them.

It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to where we are today, but we have just begun. Today we begin in earnest the work of making sure that the world we leave our children is just a little bit better than the one we inhabit today.

We need to steer clear of this poverty of ambition, where people want to drive fancy cars and wear nice clothes and live in nice apartments but don't want to work hard to accomplish these things. Everyone should try to realize their full potential.

Barack Obama Quotes About War

The United States is not, and never will be, at war with Islam.

We're not going to baby sit a civil war.

As I've said, there were patriots who supported this war, and patriots who opposed it. And all of us are united in appreciation for our servicemen and women, and our hopes for Iraqis' future.

I don't oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war.

We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.

We've persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi people - a belief that out of the ashes of war, a new beginning could be born in this cradle of civilization. Through this remarkable chapter in the history of the United States and Iraq, we have met our responsibility. Now, it's time to turn the page.

We are not at war against Islam.

There are patriots who opposed the war in Iraq and there are patriots who supported the war in Iraq. We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America.

More Quotes by Barack Obama

Americans... still believe in an America where anything's possible - they just don't think their leaders do.

I've been fighting with Acorn, alongside Acorn, on issues you care about, my entire career.

We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.

As a nuclear power - as the only nuclear power to have used a nuclear weapon - the United States has a moral responsibility to act.

With the changing economy, no one has lifetime employment. But community colleges provide lifetime employability.

In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?

There's not a liberal America and a conservative America - there's the United States of America.

People of Berlin - people of the world - this is our moment. This is our time.

We need earmark reform, and when I'm President, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely.

If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.

Over the last 15 months, we've traveled to every corner of the United States. I've now been in 57 states? I think one left to go.

We want everybody to act like adults, quit playing games, realize that it's not just my way or the highway.

We have real enemies in the world. These enemies must be found. They must be pursued and they must be defeated.

In America, there's a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world.

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

We proved that we are still a people capable of doing big things and tackling our biggest challenges.

Community colleges play an important role in helping people transition between careers by providing the retooling they need to take on a new career.

If everybody that voted in 2008 shows up in 2010, we will win this election. We will win this election.

Issues are never simple. One thing I'm proud of is that very rarely will you hear me simplify the issues.

Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference.

What do you think a stimulus is? It's spending - that's the whole point! Seriously.

I just want to go through Central Park and watch folks passing by. Spend the whole day watching people. I miss that.

I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.

I think it is important for Europe to understand that even though I am president and George Bush is not president, Al Qaeda is still a threat.

I think when you spread the wealth around it's good for everybody.

Contrary to the claims of some of my critics and some of the editorial pages, I am an ardent believer in the free market.

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.

I've said very clearly, including in a State of the Union address, that I'm against 'don't ask, don't tell' and that we're going to end this policy.

My administration is the only thing between you [CEO's] and the pitchforks.

Our combat mission is ending, but our commitment to Iraq's future is not.

I cannot swallow whole the view of Lincoln as the Great Emancipator.

The thing about hip-hop today is it's smart, it's insightful. The way they can communicate a complex message in a very short space is remarkable.

You know, my faith is one that admits some doubt.

You will not see any of your taxes increase one single dime.

What Washington needs is adult supervision.

Al Qaeda is still a threat. We cannot pretend somehow that because Barack Hussein Obama got elected as president, suddenly everything is going to be OK.

After a century of striving, after a year of debate, after a historic vote, health care reform is no longer an unmet promise. It is the law of the land.

We have now just enshrined, as soon as I sign this bill, the core principle that everybody should have some basic security when it comes to their healthcare.

The United States has been enriched by Muslim Americans. Many other Americans have Muslims in their families or have lived in a Muslim-majority country - I know, because I am one of them.

But what we can do, as flawed as we are, is still see God in other people, and do our best to help them find their own grace. That's what I strive to do, that's what I pray to do every day.

We can't have special interests sitting shotgun. We gotta have middle class families up in front. We don't mind the Republicans joining us. They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back.

Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we're hardwired not to always think clearly when we're scared.

It was not a religion that attacked us that September day. It was al-Qaeda. We will not sacrifice the liberties we cherish or hunker down behind walls of suspicion and mistrust.

Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.

The Bush Administration's failure to be consistently involved in helping Israel achieve peace with the Palestinians has been both wrong for our friendship with Israel, as well as badly damaging to our standing in the Arab world.

When BP was not moving fast enough on claims, we told BP to set aside $20 billion in a fund - managed by an independent third party - to help all those whose lives have been turned upside down by the spill.

We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible.

America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles of justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.

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