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
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
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
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
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
I think that [having not a lot of time sweating the details] can be both a strength and a weakness. I think… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There are times where I'd say the Oval Office, you use to gather the facts. The decisions you probably make late at… — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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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