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Investing Quotes by Barack Obama

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A plane losing its engine illustrates how cutting core investments can cripple a nation. Barack Obama argues that a free market must coexist with shared resources like clean air. He also stresses the need for renewable energy, better wages, and education to power the future.

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Solyndra is a great investment in our future

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The market alone can't solve our health-care woes.

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Stock market risk is ok, but not for Social Security.

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I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems.

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A free market was never meant to be a free licence to take whatever you can get, however you can get it.

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We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools.

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The quicker you resolve the problems with banks and there's transparency in that process, the faster they recapitalize and are able to…

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Markets will rise and fall, but this is the United States of America. No matter what some agency may say, we've always…

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I'm not going to Wall Street [after the presidency]. The amount of time that I'll be investing in issues is going to…

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Germany, South Korea - these are all countries that are investing massively in education. We've got to do the same thing in…

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Its not a bigger government we need, but a smarter government that sets priorities and invests in...growth.

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But we reject the belief that America must choose between caring for the generation that built this country and investing in the…

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I'm not so optimistic as to think that you would ever be able to garner a majority of an American Congress that…

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One of my strengths is I have a pretty even temperament. I don't get too high when it's high and I don't…

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I think our basic principle that this is a free market system and that that has worked for us, that it creates…

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We've taken bold action at home by making historic investments in renewable energy, by putting our people to work increasing efficiency in…

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This is the moment when we must build on the wealth that open markets have created, and share its benefits more equitably.…

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If we neglect or abandon those who are suffering in poverty ... not only are we depriving ourselves of potential opportunities for…

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We’re making new investments in the development of gasoline and diesel and jet fuel that’s actually made from a plant-like substance-algae... We…

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I will set big goals for this country as president - some so large that the technology to reach them does not…

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When I think about what I'm going through, as President, it doesn't compare to what the folks that I'm representing are going…

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If we [American nation] are only thinking about tomorrow or the next day and not thinking about 10 years from now, we're…

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If we want to make the best products, we also have to invest in the best ideas... Every dollar we invested to…

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I have much more confidence in my ability, or any president or any leader's ability, to mobilize the American people around a…

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I think raising wages, investing in infrastructure, making sure that people have access to good educations that equip them for the jobs…

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We've got a tax code that is encouraging flight of jobs and outsourcing. And that's why we've specifically recommended ... that Congress…

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Without investments in research and science that will create the next Apple, create the next new innovation that will sell products around…

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Now, if you take such an unbalanced approach, then that means you are going to be gutting our investments in schools and…

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One of the best investments we can make in a childs life is high-quality early education.

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One of the best investments we can make in a child’s life is high-quality early education.

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There was a time when if you had a financial crisis in Southeast Asia somewhere, it had no impact on our markets.…

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To restore America's competitiveness, we must recruit a new generation of science and technology leaders by investing in diversity.

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Together, we discovered that a free market only thrives when there are rules to ensure competition and fair play.

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My hope is that more and more investors around the world see an opportunity to do business in Greece.

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Having a tax code that rewards companies that are shipping jobs overseas instead of companies that are investing here in the United…

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As President, I'll invest in renewable energies like wind power, solar power, and the next generation of homegrown biofuels. That's how America…

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We've got to control our own energy. Now, not only oil and natural gas, which we've been investing in; but also, we've…

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We think about the enormous costs of homelessness, or the enormous cost of HIV/AIDS, over the long term, as people visit emergency…

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We're making new investments in the development of gasoline and diesel and jet fuel that's actually made from a plant-like substance-algae...we could…

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So how do Latinos feel if there's a big investment just in the African American community, and they're looking around and saying,…

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The world is complicated and full of grays, but there's still truth there to be found.

That is another theme in the book [Dreams from My Father]. How do we exercise more empathy in our public discourse? How do we…

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…

I want to thank the Greek people publicly for their humanitarian response to the crisis of so many migrants and refugees seeking safety in…

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…