We Shouldn't have a bunch of politicians, a majority of whom are men, making health care decisions on behalf of women — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There aren't a lot of situations where I look back and I say, The decision I actually made or the course we… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Whatever decisions I make are going to be based first on a strategy to keep us safe and then we'll figure out… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Every woman should be in control of the decisions that affect her own health. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Today’s decision was a victory for people all across this country whose lives will be more secure. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I don't want to make decisions about what I'm eating or wearing. Because I have too many other decisions to make. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If the critics are right that I've made all my decisions based on polls, then I must not be very good at… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There wasn't a time where I felt fearful that I couldn't make the best decisions possible. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What the American people understand is that I look at what we need to get done to keep the American people safe… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
For now, decisions are upon us and we cannot afford delay. We cannot mistake absolutism for principle or substitute spectacle for politics,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You [as a president] have to have a strong team around you. You have to have respect for institutions and the process… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Usually, I'm pretty good about sorting through the options and then making decisions that I'm confident are the best decisions in that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What you saw was the people of New York having a debate, talking through these issues. It was contentious; it was emotional;… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I want to make sure that as president of the United States that I'm not asserting in some way that my decisions… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
But having made my decision as Commander-in-Chief based on what I am convinced is our national security interests, I will seek authorization… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
At the constitutional level, what we of course have assured is that women have the ability to make these reproductive decisions up… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My job is exhilarating. It's challenging. I find that the governance part of it, the decision making part of it - actually… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Rather take that moral sense and apply it to the particulars of a job that is going to test those ethical and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
One of the thing about being President - that can't be taught, you have to experience, is - there is the sheer… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Every decision, every debate, no matter how important it is, with the same question: 'What does this mean for the next election?… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as president.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In November [2016], Americans are gonna have to make a decision about what we care about and who we are. We get… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think that Mr. Snowden raised some legitimate concerns. How he did it was something that did not follow the procedures and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I had said from the start that I thought Iraq was a mistake, that we should have stayed focused on Afghanistan. I… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I do make sure that I've got people who are experts that are helping me make the best decisions possible. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You're not going to be able to make good decisions without building some relationship of trust between yourself and community. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Toughest decision was early in my presidency when I ordered 30,000 more troops into Afghanistan. As somebody who had run to end… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The people of the United Kingdom have spoken, and we respect their decision. The special relationship between the United States and the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The fact is every single day in the ordinary American people, America's families have to make decisions about their families and that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When you take on the position of president, you are committing yourself to, first and foremost, protecting the American people. You are… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
As I said last week in the wake of the grand jury decision, I think Ferguson laid bare a problem that is… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
[When I ordered 30,000 more troops into Afghanistan] that was the first time in which I looked out at a crowd of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The fear among economists across the political spectrum that was - was that we were rapidly plummeting towards a second Great Depression.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The role of government has never been to plan every detail or dictate every outcome. At its best, government has simply knocked… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My life story is something obviously that belongs to me very personally. And the fact of the matter is that I had… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When we don't pay close attention to the decisions made by our leaders, when we fail to educate ourselves about the major… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I applaud the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act. This was discrimination enshrined in law. It treated… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
No other advanced nation endures this kind of violence. None. Here in America, the murder rate is three times what it is… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
One very difficult decision was deciding to vote against the appropriations bill for the war. I had consistently said that I wanted… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In order to make the tough decisions we have to know what our values are and who we're fighting for and our… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
All of us take offense to anyone who reaps the rewards of living in America without taking on the responsibilities of living in America.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The world is complicated and full of grays, but there's still truth there to be found. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
That is another theme in the book [Dreams from My Father]. How do we exercise more empathy in our public discourse? How do we… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I can say across Europe that many principles that have been taken for granted here around free speech, and around civil liberties and an… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
So Americans understand the costs of war. Yet as a country, we will never tolerate our security being threatened, nor stand idly by when… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I want to thank the Greek people publicly for their humanitarian response to the crisis of so many migrants and refugees seeking safety in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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![“That is another theme in the book [Dreams from My Father]. How do we exercise more empathy in our public discourse? How do we get the black to see through the eyes of the white? Or the citizen to see through the eyes of the immigrant? Or the straight to see through the eyes of the gay? That has…” quote by Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/00d/barack-obama-17_black_that-is-another-theme-in-the-book-dreams_10185.jpg)
