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Facts Quotes by Barack Obama

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You mention the Navy’s shrinking fleet, and the quotes use facts to discuss resources, media coverage, and tax simplification. They also point out personal choices, political disagreements, and the urgency of fighting current battles. They suggest that showing mechanisms in place can build confidence, and they note that even opponents can be credited for activating themselves.

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“I'm an old-fashioned guy. I believe in the Enlightenment, and reason, and logic, and you know, facts.”

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In fact, the American people did decide, back in 2012, when they elected me president of the United States.

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I don't know the facts of when Joe Soptic's wife got sick or when she died.

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I just want people to know the facts and science and the information... measles is preventable.

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I am very proud of the fact I do not cheat when I'm playing golf.

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Sometimes Hillary Clinton doesn't get the credit she deserves. But the fact is, Hillary is steady, and Hillary is true.

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Few challenges facing America and the world are more urgent than combating climate change. The science is beyond dispute and the facts…

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There may be no greater tribute to Steve Jobs' success than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing…

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My conviction is that those fights need to be fought right now and can be won. And if in fact we have…

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The other thing is going to be me being able to show not just the American people or the Israeli people but…

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I would have to...investigate more of Bill's dancing abilities, you know, and some of this other stuff before I accurately judge whether…

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The Balkanization of the media means that nobody is having a single conversation with a single set of agreed-upon facts and assumptions…

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In fact, the best thing we could do on taxes for all Americans is to simplify the individual tax code. This will…

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My advice to African leaders is to make sure that if, in fact, China is putting in roads and bridges, number one,…

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There are times where I'd say the Oval Office, you use to gather the facts. The decisions you probably make late at…

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The biggest problems with Iran in the region are not due to the size of their resources, but due to the fact…

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My biggest frustration so far is the fact that this society has not been willing to take some basic steps to keep…

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I love listening to these guys give us lectures about debt and deficits. I inherited a trillion-dollar deficit. ... This notion that…

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If we are not serious about facts and what's true and what's not. And particularly in an age of social media where…

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The Tea Party I have huge disagreements with, obviously. But I give them credit for having activated themselves. And they made a…

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I think what is true is that there's been an underlying division in the United States. Some of it has to do…

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As Americans, we can take enormous pride in the fact that courage has been inspired by our own struggle for freedom, by…

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To the extent that our political dialogue is such where everything is under suspicion, everybody is corrupt and everybody is doing things…

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We've now got a group of young people in this country who for all practical purposes are American. They grew up here.…

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We stand with Israel as a Jewish democratic state because we know that Israel is born of firmly held values that we,…

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For the sake of our children and our future, we must do more to combat climate change. Now, it's true that no…

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If you ask the average person they'd tell ya, "Naw, it's much more dangerous," despite the fact that violent crime has dropped…

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When our government is spoken of as some menacing, threatening, foreign entity, it ignores the fact that in our democracy, government is…

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I have been in Washington for a while now, and most things don't surprise me. The fact that twenty 6-year-olds were gunned…

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The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. America has a…

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If you listen to the rhetoric, it is so over-the-top and so overheated, and most importantly, is not acknowledging the fact that…

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The fact is every single day in the ordinary American people, America's families have to make decisions about their families and that…

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If in fact the Republicans make some modifications [of Obamacare], some of which I may have been seeking previously, but they wouldn't…

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I know CNN has taken some knocks lately but the fact is, I admire their commitment to covering all sides of the…

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The most frustrated and most stymied it is the fact that the United States of America is the one advanced nation on…

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I'm proud of the fact that I stood up early and unequivocally in opposition to Bush's foreign policy. [...] That opposition hasn't changed.

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The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure... It is a…

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They [ Respublicans] wanna argue the sensational which is about abort not certain cases of abortion, but the fact is it's a…

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... the fact is it didn't happen in the first month, the first six weeks, in a way that was at all…

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The fact is that I'm also friendly with Tom Coburn, one of the most conservative Republicans in the United States Senate, who,…

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I can say across Europe that many principles that have been taken for granted here around free speech, and around civil liberties and an…

So Americans understand the costs of war. Yet as a country, we will never tolerate our security being threatened, nor stand idly by when…

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We had a farewell dinner for some of my senior staff, and generally everybody likes to talk about how cool I was.

It's good to get fresh legs in [the White house]. I think that it refreshes our democracy.

Believe it or not, entertainment is part of our American diplomacy, it is part of what makes us exceptional, part of what makes us…