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Leader Quotes by Barack Obama

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Barack Obama stresses that science is a key tool for protecting our planet and our safety. He calls for keeping guns away from inner cities and for working with Muslim leaders to reject violent ideas. He also talks about helping young leaders and rallying the nation for big, long‑term projects.

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“I believe in keeping guns out of our inner cities, and that our leaders must say so in the face of the…

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The point is ISIL leaders cannot hide. And our next message to them is simple - you are next.

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The capacity of Iraq's security forces has improved, and Iraq's leaders have made strides toward political accommodation

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Any so-called leader who does not take this issue (climate change) seriously or treats it like a joke is not fit to…

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Building on our Young South-east Asian Leaders Initiative, I'm hopeful that we can continue expand the ties and cooperation between our young…

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It's the job, I think, of leaders to try to address peoples' real legitimate concerns and channel them in the most constructive…

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To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society's ills on the West - know that…

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I believe that the U.S. can and should be a global leader in the development of alternative energy sources...

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And let me say this as a politician I can promise you this, political leaders will never take risks if the people…

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That's where peace begins - not just in the plans of leaders, but in the hearts of people. Not just in some…

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Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed…

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I have to be able to implement a policy that doesn't completely erase borders and boundaries. Not because I think that Honduran…

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The leaders we revere and the businesses that last are generally not the result of a narrow pursuit of popularity or personal…

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Muslim leaders around the globe have to continue working with us to decisively and unequivocally reject the hateful ideology that groups like…

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The ability of Republican leaders to rile up their base - helped along by folks like Rush Limbaugh, some commentators on Fox…

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Our efforts will only be effective if ordinary citizens in other countries have confidence that the United States respects their privacy too.…

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One of the great things about the United States is that when it comes to world affairs, the president obviously is the…

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To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect. To those leaders around the…

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Over the past eight years, the United States has worked hard to deepen partnerships across the region and across South-east Asia in…

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When we don't pay close attention to the decisions made by our leaders, when we fail to educate ourselves about the major…

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For Democrats who are feeling completely discouraged, I've been trying to remind them, everybody remembers my Boston speech in 2004. They may…

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I think that the risk to all the progress we've made was at stake in the election because not just the president-elect…

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When the United States stands up for human rights, by example at home and by effort abroad, we align ourselves with men…

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I hope people appreciate Chancellor Merkel because, although she traditionally is considered center-right and I'm considered center-left, the truth is that we…

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It is possible for leaders or regimes to be cruel, bigoted, twisted in their world views and still make rational calculations with…

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To restore America's competitiveness, we must recruit a new generation of science and technology leaders by investing in diversity.

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Leadership isn't just legislation, that it's a matter of persuading people and giving them confidence, and bringing them together and setting a…

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I don't believe we can get very far, with leaders who write off half the nation as a bunch of victims who…

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If you're looking for the safe choice, you shouldn't be supporting a black guy named Barack Obama to be the next leader…

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I think that leadership more than anything is about setting a course and describing a vision for people.

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Leading...always, with the example of our values. Thats what makes us exceptional. Thats what keeps us strong.

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We all remember Abraham Lincoln as the leader who saved our Union. Founder of the Republican Party.

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Part of being principled and part of being a leader is being able to describe exactly what it is you intend to…

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The terms of peace may be negotiated by political leaders, but the fate of peace is up to each of us.

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Ask Osama bin Laden and the 22-out-of-30 top al-Qaida leaders who've been taken off the field whether I engage in appeasement. Or…

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If you think that running your economy into the ground and having to send troops in in order to prop up your…

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True leadership will not be measured by the ability to muzzle dissent, or to intimidate and harass political opponents at home. The…

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I did not suggest that Iran is a democracy; just the opposite. I talked about it being a repressive theocracy. What I…

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Evil does exist in the world. A non-violent movement could not have halted Hitler's armies. Negotiations cannot convince al Qaeda's leaders to…

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My advice to African leaders is to make sure that if, in fact, China is putting in roads and bridges, number one,…

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So Americans understand the costs of war. Yet as a country, we will never tolerate our security being threatened, nor stand idly by when…

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Believe it or not, entertainment is part of our American diplomacy, it is part of what makes us exceptional, part of what makes us…