--- title: "8 Excuse Quotes By Barack Obama" description: "8 Excuse quotes by Barack Obama. Plus more from Barack Obama and more Excuse sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/652/barack-obama-17_al-qaeda_i-ve-said-repeatedly-that-where-we-see-t_480620.jpg" --- > [I've said repeatedly that where we see terrorist organizations like al-Qaeda or ISIL, they have perverted and distorted and tried to claim…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-ve-said-repeatedly-that-where-we-see-terrorist-organizations-like/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/652/barack-obama-17_al-qaeda_i-ve-said-repeatedly-that-where-we-see-t_480620.jpg) > [There is no excuse for not trying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/there-is-no-excuse-for-not-trying/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/993/barack-obama-17_excuse_there-is-no-excuse-for-not-trying-579870_579870.jpg) > [We're showing that there's no excuse for other nations to come together, both developed and developing, to achieve a strong global climate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/we-re-showing-that-there-s-no-excuse-for-other-nations-to-come/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a42/barack-obama-17_achieve_we-re-showing-that-there-s-no-excuse-for_1030854.jpg) > [“At the end of the day, the circumstances of your life-- what you look like,where you come from, how much money you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/at-the-end-of-the-day-the-circumstances-of-your-life-what-you-look/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c1/barack-obama-17_america_at-the-end-of-the-day-the-circumstances_1101448.jpg) > [The problem with all these tired excuses for inaction is that it suggests a fundamental lack of faith in American business and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/the-problem-with-all-these-tired-excuses-for-inaction-is-that-it/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/708/barack-obama-17_american-business_the-problem-with-all-these-tired-excuses_1627745.jpg) > [The kind of violence, looting, destruction that we saw from a handful of individuals in Baltimore, there's no excuse for that. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/the-kind-of-violence-looting-destruction-that-we-saw-from-a-handful/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3f/barack-obama-17_activism_the-kind-of-violence-looting-destruction_1691944.jpg) > [But at the end of the day, the circumstances of your life what you look like, where you come from, how much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/but-at-the-end-of-the-day-the-circumstances-of-your-life-what-you/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/426/barack-obama-17_america_but-at-the-end-of-the-day-the-circumstan_2166157.jpg) > [Excuses are tools of the incompetent used to build bridges to nowhere and monuments of nothingness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/excuses-are-tools-of-the-incompetent-used-to-build-bridges-to-nowhere/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df3/barack-obama-17_bridges_excuses-are-tools-of-the-incompetent-use_2446335.jpg) ## Other authors on Excuse ## 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/excuse/barack-obama/#itemlist", "name": "8 Excuse Quotes By Barack Obama", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've said repeatedly that where we see terrorist organizations like al-Qaeda or ISIL, they have perverted and distorted and tried to claim the mantle of Islam for an excuse, for basically barbarism and death. 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