Sustaining the energy and focus involved in doing a good job I think starts to - starts to gets tougher the longer… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Don't just get involved. Fight for your seat at the table. Better yet, fight for a seat at the head of the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You have to be involved in terms of what's happening in your local neighborhood and what issues are there. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I've been involved in the intelligence side of the federal government for a long time. We all know that we have to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Health care has become a proxy for a broader set of issues about how much government should be involved in our economy,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Get involved in an issue that you're passionate about. It almost doesn't matter what it is ... We give too much of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Their foreign policy is so disjointed, confusing, and chaotic that, really, people need to reexamine those who want to be involved in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The Tea Party I have huge disagreements with, obviously. But I give them credit for having activated themselves. And they made a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
One of the things we're going to have to discuss and debate is how are we striking this balance between the need… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I was able to excite and engage people who previously hadn't been involved in politics, and part of the reason that I… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think that there is a particular mindset that was on display in the run-up to the Iraq war that continues to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
This is where I think policies do need to be somewhat race-specific, is making sure that institutions are not discriminatory. So you've… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The importance of making sure that the sense of accountability when, in fact, law enforcement is involved in a deadly shooting is… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I can document this past week [of presidency] we've put out memos from every agency showing what did we do. Try to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It will take time to eradicate a cancer like Isil. And any time we take military action, there are risks involved -… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Look, we live in a celebrity culture and sometimes you get caught in the wave and the buzz and a lot of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You have to be involved during midterm elections, you have to care about what happens at a school board level. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
So while I will never minimize the costs involved in military action, I am convinced that a failure to act in Libya… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Sustaining the energy and focus involved in doing a good job I think starts to gets tougher the longer you do it. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There's no way to resolve Syria without Iran being involved, given its financing of Assad and the fact that Hezbollah is probably… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The good news is I think there are a lot of young people certainly who were involved in my campaigns, and I… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What I value most about Pastor Wright is not his day-to-day political advice. He's much more of a sounding board for me… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think there are a lot of people who are involved in the Tea Party who have very real and sincere concerns… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The next phase and this is part of what I'm interested in doing after I get out of the presidency is to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I started as a community organizer. Every one of my campaigns was premised on getting new people involved. And if there's a… — 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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