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Crisis Quotes by Barack Obama

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Barack Obama notes that humanitarian help from Greece shows compassion during the refugee crisis. He warns that fiscal and economic crises demand responsibility beyond emergencies, and that reckless Wall Street actions, not food stamps, sparked financial trouble. He stresses the need for ongoing leadership in a world facing climate and geopolitical challenges.

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We start this new year in the midst of an economic crisis unlike we have seen in our lifetime.

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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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A political candidacy built around hope and change and compromise would eventually become a presidency of crisis and confrontation.

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The shadow of crisis has passed, and the State of the Union is strong.

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Food Stamp recipients didn't cause the financial crisis; recklessness on Wall Street did.

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Republicans in Congress have two choices here: They can act responsibly and pay America's bills, or they can act irresponsibly and put…

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But another thing I know is this — we can’t steer ourselves out of this crisis by heading in the same, disastrous…

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To the extent that we've got a fiscal crisis right now, part of it is prompted by a bullheaded insistence on the…

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We need more responsibility, but we need it not just when there's a crisis. I mean, we've had years in which the…

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For top executives to award themselves these kinds of compensation packages in the midst of this economic crisis is not only bad…

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If you look at what happened, I came in the middle of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. And unlike…

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We also can't try to take over and rebuild every country that falls into crisis. That's not leadership; that's a recipe for…

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In the midst of this enormous economic crisis, I think Canada has shown itself to be a pretty good manager of the…

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In the campaign back in 2007, 2008, people would say, "Oh, he's being naïve. He thinks that there's no red states and…

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Unless we are holding ourselves accountable day in, day out, not just when there's a crisis for folks who have power and…

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I think the most important thing is to take the long view on things. We live in such a 24/7, Twitter-fed, constant…

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In the fight against ISIL, we cannot rely on an Assad regime that terrorizes its people; a regime that will never regain…

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Angela [Merkel] and I also agreed the need for a comprehensive and humane response to the devastating humanitarian crisis in Syria and…

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The campaign was a more significant training ground than I think people give it credit for. By the time I got here,…

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When this crisis began, crucial decisions about what would happen to some of the world's biggest companies - companies employing tens of…

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When the United States stands up for human rights, by example at home and by effort abroad, we align ourselves with men…

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“That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. Our nation is at war, against a far-reaching network of…

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Lincoln basically pulled in all the people who had been running against him into his Cabinet because, whatever personal feelings there were,…

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Health care has become a proxy for a broader set of issues about how much government should be involved in our economy,…

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I don't think that any economist disputes that we're in the worst economic crisis since the great depression. The good news is…

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We all knew this. We all knew that it would take more time than any of us want to dig ourselves out…

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

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We remain the most prosperous, powerful nation on Earth. Our workers are no less productive than when this crisis began. Our minds…

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America is a land of big dreamers and big hopes. It is this hope that has sustained us through revolution and civil…

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That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. Our nation is at war, against a far-reaching network of…

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I am asking my Attorney General to create a special unit of federal prosecutors and leading state attorneys general to expand our…

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Keep in mind that, when I came in, we had had a crisis that was the worst we've seen since the 1930s,…

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Beside the two wars he inherited in Iraq and Afghanistan, and promised to end, a financial crisis at home had pushed the…

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I was watching a documentary that during the Bay of Pigs crisis JFK had about two weeks before anybody reported on it.…

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So we have a choice to make. We can once again let Washington's bad habits stand in the way of progress. Or…

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The fear among economists across the political spectrum that was - was that we were rapidly plummeting towards a second Great Depression.…

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As the world's largest economy and second-largest carbon emitter, as a country with unsurpassed ability to drive innovation and scientific breakthroughs, as…

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When our sailors in the Persian Gulf accidentally strayed into Iranian waters, that could have sparked a major international incident. Some folks…

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

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