--- title: "8 Defeat Quotes By Barack Obama" description: "8 Defeat quotes by Barack Obama. Plus more from Barack Obama and more Defeat sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae4/barack-obama-17_al-qaeda_my-core-goal-is-to-dismantle-defeat-dest_1065017.jpg" --- > [My core goal is to dismantle, defeat, destroy al Qaeda and its allies that killed Americans and are still plotting to go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/my-core-goal-is-to-dismantle-defeat-destroy-al-qaeda-and-its-allies/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae4/barack-obama-17_al-qaeda_my-core-goal-is-to-dismantle-defeat-dest_1065017.jpg) > [You don't defeat a terrorist network that operates in eighty countries by occupying Iraq.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/you-don-t-defeat-a-terrorist-network-that-operates-in-eighty/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f74/barack-obama-17_country_you-don-t-defeat-a-terrorist-network-tha_1166184.jpg) > [We won't apologise for our way of life, nor will we weaver in its defence, and for those who seek to advance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/we-won-t-apologise-for-our-way-of-life-nor-will-we-weaver-in-its/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/588/barack-obama-17_aim_we-won-t-apologise-for-our-way-of-life-n_1189607.jpg) > [This is my number one priority. I've got a lot of things on my plate. But my top priority is to defeat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/this-is-my-number-one-priority-i-ve-got-a-lot-of-things-on-my-plate/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce2/barack-obama-17_around-the-world_this-is-my-number-one-priority-i-ve-got_1611141.jpg) > [We're going to achieve our goal. We are going to degrade and ultimately defeat ISIL.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/we-re-going-to-achieve-our-goal-we-are-going-to-degrade-and/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/437/barack-obama-17_achieve_we-re-going-to-achieve-our-goal-we-are-g_1919706.jpg) > [Torture is how you create enemies, not how you defeat them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/torture-is-how-you-create-enemies-not-how-you-defeat-them/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10a/barack-obama-17_defeat_torture-is-how-you-create-enemies-not-ho_1927078.jpg) > [Four years ago, I promised to end the war in Iraq. We did. I promised to refocus on the terrorists who actually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/four-years-ago-i-promised-to-end-the-war-in-iraq-we-did-i-promised-to-2/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10f/barack-obama-17_afghanistan_four-years-ago-i-promised-to-end-the-war_2519098.jpg) > [Torture is how you create enemies, not how you defeat them... Torture is how you get bad information, not good intelligence. Torture…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/torture-is-how-you-create-enemies-not-how-you-defeat-them-torture-is/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26e/barack-obama-17_america_torture-is-how-you-create-enemies-not-ho_2774737.jpg) ## Other authors on Defeat - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-napoleon-hill-70196.jpg) Napoleon Hill 28 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/defeat/napoleon-hill/) - [Mehmet Murat Ildan 24 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/defeat/mehmet-murat-ildan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sun-tzu-87907.jpg) Sun Tzu 22 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/defeat/sun-tzu/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paulo-coelho-74345.jpg) Paulo Coelho 19 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/defeat/paulo-coelho/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-w-bush-38036.jpg) George W. Bush 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/defeat/george-w-bush/) - [Maya Angelou 15 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/defeat/maya-angelou/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-hillary-clinton-42043.jpg) Hillary Clinton 15 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/defeat/hillary-clinton/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-winston-churchill-96197.jpg) Winston Churchill 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/defeat/winston-churchill/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rush-limbaugh-81741.jpg) Rush Limbaugh 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/defeat/rush-limbaugh/) - [Craig D. Lounsbrough 13 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/defeat/craig-d-lounsbrough/) - [Martin Luther King, Jr 11 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/defeat/martin-luther-king-jr/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-joel-osteen-50643.jpg) Joel Osteen 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/defeat/joel-osteen/) ## 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/defeat/barack-obama/#itemlist", "name": "8 Defeat Quotes By Barack Obama", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My core goal is to dismantle, defeat, destroy al Qaeda and its allies that killed Americans and are still plotting to go kill Americans.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Barack Obama" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/my-core-goal-is-to-dismantle-defeat-destroy-al-qaeda-and-its-allies/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae4/barack-obama-17_al-qaeda_my-core-goal-is-to-dismantle-defeat-dest_1065017.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae4/barack-obama-17_al-qaeda_my-core-goal-is-to-dismantle-defeat-dest_1065017.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae4/barack-obama-17_al-qaeda_my-core-goal-is-to-dismantle-defeat-dest_1065017.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My core goal is to dismantle, defeat, destroy al Qaeda and its allies that killed Americans and are still…” — Barack Obama", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You don't defeat a terrorist network that operates in eighty countries by occupying Iraq.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Barack Obama" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/you-don-t-defeat-a-terrorist-network-that-operates-in-eighty/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f74/barack-obama-17_country_you-don-t-defeat-a-terrorist-network-tha_1166184.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f74/barack-obama-17_country_you-don-t-defeat-a-terrorist-network-tha_1166184.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f74/barack-obama-17_country_you-don-t-defeat-a-terrorist-network-tha_1166184.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You don't defeat a terrorist network that operates in eighty countries by occupying Iraq.” — Barack Obama", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We won't apologise for our way of life, nor will we weaver in its defence, and for those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken, you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Barack Obama" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/we-won-t-apologise-for-our-way-of-life-nor-will-we-weaver-in-its/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/588/barack-obama-17_aim_we-won-t-apologise-for-our-way-of-life-n_1189607.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/588/barack-obama-17_aim_we-won-t-apologise-for-our-way-of-life-n_1189607.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/588/barack-obama-17_aim_we-won-t-apologise-for-our-way-of-life-n_1189607.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We won't apologise for our way of life, nor will we weaver in its defence, and for those who seek to advance…” — Barack Obama", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "This is my number one priority. 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