--- title: "7 Chemicals Quotes By Barack Obama" description: "7 Chemicals quotes by Barack Obama. Plus more from Barack Obama and more Chemicals sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47d/barack-obama-17_assad_what-is-true-is-bashar-assad-got-rid-of_675441.jpg" --- > [ What is true is \[Bashar\] Assad got rid of his chemical weapons. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/what-is-true-is-bashar-assad-got-rid-of-his-chemical-weapons/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47d/barack-obama-17_assad_what-is-true-is-bashar-assad-got-rid-of_675441.jpg) > [Today, about 40 percent of America's carbon pollution comes from our power plants. There are no federal limits to the amount those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/today-about-40-percent-of-america-s-carbon-pollution-comes-from-our/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74f/barack-obama-17_air_today-about-40-percent-of-america-s-carb_1384739.jpg) > [ If 90 percent or 95 percent of those - chemical stockpiles \[in Syria\] were eliminated, that's a lot of chemical weapons that… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/if-90-percent-or-95-percent-of-those-chemical-stockpiles-in-syria/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f73/barack-obama-17_chemical-weapons_if-90-percent-or-95-percent-of-those-che_1751541.jpg) > [And, as a consequence of the pressure that we've applied over the last couple of weeks, we have Syria -- for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/and-as-a-consequence-of-the-pressure-that-we-ve-applied-over-the-last/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2db/barack-obama-17_chemical-weapons_and-as-a-consequence-of-the-pressure-tha_2364658.jpg) > [I don't regret at all saying that if I saw Bashar al-Assad using chemical weapons on his people that that would change…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-don-t-regret-at-all-saying-that-if-i-saw-bashar-al-assad-using/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1a/barack-obama-17_als_i-don-t-regret-at-all-saying-that-if-i-s_2543086.jpg) > [I would have I think made a bigger mistake if I had said, "Eh, chemical weapons. That doesn't really change my calculus."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-would-have-i-think-made-a-bigger-mistake-if-i-had-said-eh-chemical/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/783/barack-obama-17_bigger_i-would-have-i-think-made-a-bigger-mista_2670958.jpg) > [Now let me be clear - I suffer no illusions about Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal man. A ruthless man. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/now-let-me-be-clear-i-suffer-no-illusions-about-saddam-hussein-he-is/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71f/barack-obama-17_bad-guy_now-let-me-be-clear-i-suffer-no-illusion_3017433.jpg) ## Other authors on Chemicals ## More by Barack Obama > [So here's what I want you to know, and here's what I want all our men and women in uniform to know: Because of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/so-here-s-what-i-want-you-to-know-and-here-s-what-i-want-all-our-men/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/the-peaceful-transition-of-power-is-one-of-the-hallmarks-of-our/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [As opposed to getting into arguments about, well, these folks have been treated fairly so now we're going to be doing things that, very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/as-opposed-to-getting-into-arguments-about-well-these-folks-have-been/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [Donald Trump is temperamentally unfit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/donald-trump-is-temperamentally-unfit/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [What we've said to the girls is: 'If you guys ever decide that you're going to get a tattoo, then mommy and me will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/what-we-ve-said-to-the-girls-is-if-you-guys-ever-decide-that-you-re/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [Nobody is listening to your telephone calls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/nobody-is-listening-to-your-telephone-calls/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [All of us take offense to anyone who reaps the rewards of living in America without taking on the responsibilities of living in America.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/all-of-us-take-offense-to-anyone-who-reaps-the-rewards-of-living-in/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [The world is complicated and full of grays, but there's still truth there to be found.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/the-world-is-complicated-and-full-of-grays-but-there-s-still-truth/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [ That is another theme in the book \[Dreams from My Father\]. How do we exercise more empathy in our public discourse? How do we… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/that-is-another-theme-in-the-book-dreams-from-my-father-how-do-we/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [I can say across Europe that many principles that have been taken for granted here around free speech, and around civil liberties and an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-can-say-across-europe-that-many-principles-that-have-been-taken-for/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [So Americans understand the costs of war. Yet as a country, we will never tolerate our security being threatened, nor stand idly by when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/so-americans-understand-the-costs-of-war-yet-as-a-country-we-will/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [I want to thank the Greek people publicly for their humanitarian response to the crisis of so many migrants and refugees seeking safety in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-want-to-thank-the-greek-people-publicly-for-their-humanitarian/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [We had a farewell dinner for some of my senior staff, and generally everybody likes to talk about how cool I was.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/we-had-a-farewell-dinner-for-some-of-my-senior-staff-and-generally/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [ It's good to get fresh legs in \[the White house\]. I think that it refreshes our democracy. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/it-s-good-to-get-fresh-legs-in-the-white-house-i-think-that-it/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [Believe it or not, entertainment is part of our American diplomacy, it is part of what makes us exceptional, part of what makes us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/believe-it-or-not-entertainment-is-part-of-our-american-diplomacy-it/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chemicals/barack-obama/#itemlist", "name": "7 Chemicals Quotes By Barack Obama", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What is true is [Bashar] Assad got rid of his chemical weapons.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Barack Obama" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/what-is-true-is-bashar-assad-got-rid-of-his-chemical-weapons/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47d/barack-obama-17_assad_what-is-true-is-bashar-assad-got-rid-of_675441.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47d/barack-obama-17_assad_what-is-true-is-bashar-assad-got-rid-of_675441.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47d/barack-obama-17_assad_what-is-true-is-bashar-assad-got-rid-of_675441.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What is true is [Bashar] Assad got rid of his chemical weapons.” — Barack Obama", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Today, about 40 percent of America's carbon pollution comes from our power plants. 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