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Party Quotes by Barack Obama

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Party discussions focus on the practical side of political groups, from organizing the Democratic Party to simplifying tax codes. The quotes mention avoiding unwanted invitations, budgeting for education, and the impact of opposing factions like the Tea Party, while also noting how different generations interact across races and beliefs.

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I don't want to be invited to the family hunting party.

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Let's take our clothes off and party

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I invigorated the grassroots in the Republican Party as well as the Democratic Party.

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No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise.

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These days, the House Republicans actually give John Boehner a harder time than they give me. Which means orange really is the…

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I think it's a healthy thing for the Democratic Party to go through some reflection.

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I think [ chief organizer of the Democratic Party ] it's something that I have an interest in.

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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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It's time to put country ahead of party. It's time to put the next generation ahead of the next election.

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People call me a socialist sometimes. But, no, you gotta meet real socialists. You'll have a sense of what a socialist is.

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I have been in Washington for a while now, and most things don't surprise me. The fact that twenty 6-year-olds were gunned…

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Of course, there's been a real debate about where to invest and where to cut, and I'm committed to working with members…

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We are the party of Roosevelt. We are the party of Kennedy. So don't tell me that Democrats won't defend this country.…

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I'm willing to work with anyone of either party who has a good idea and the commitment to see through. And we…

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I remember having meetings with Republican senators who initially had been trying to engage [Obamacare] but saw that the politics of 'no'…

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The politics around trade has always been tough, particularly in the Democratic party, because people have memories of outsourcing and job loss.

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I don't think there's anybody who's run a campaign like [Donald Trump] successfully in modern history, not that I can think of.…

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What I want to try to do is unify the two wings of the Democratic Party. What's considered the more progressive wing…

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I think Republicans now are recognizing that [Obamacare cancellation] may not be what the American people, including even [Donald] Trump voters, are…

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I think there are a lot of people who are involved in the Tea Party who have very real and sincere concerns…

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To the extent that our political dialogue is such where everything is under suspicion, everybody is corrupt and everybody is doing things…

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We were just at the beginnings of a recovery [in 2010]. And the, you know, whoever is president at that point is…

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I think that to the extent that we focus on problems where we can build a moral and a political consensus, then…

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When it comes to the budget, we know that we shouldn't be cutting more on core investments, like education, that are going…

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What is also true is that partly because my docket was really full here, so I couldn't be both chief organizer of…

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No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise. But when Governor Romney and his allies in Congress tell…

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I think that the Democratic Party is a big tent, which means that there are positions I may not agree with.

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When BP was not moving fast enough on claims, we told BP to set aside $20 billion in a fund - managed…

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In fact, the best thing we could do on taxes for all Americans is to simplify the individual tax code. This will…

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The amount of interaction, the amount of understanding that exists in your generation among people of different races and different creeds and…

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Our alliance with our NATO partners has been a cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy for nearly 70 years, in good times and…

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One faction of one party, in one house of Congress, in one branch of government, doesn't get to shut down the entire…

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If you want to right-size executive power relative to the other branches of government, the best way to do that is to…

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People need to remember we are the governing party because we have diversity of opinion in our party. We're not pure. We…

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What I believe unites the people of this nation, regardless of race or region or party, young or old, rich or poor,…

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You not only do you appreciate the sacrifices people have made and the hours they've kept and the soccer games they missed…

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The Tea Party I have huge disagreements with, obviously. But I give them credit for having activated themselves. And they made a…

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We could come together, Democrats and Republicans, to find practical, commonsense solutions to health care, to education, to energy issues, because although…

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Over the last few years a lot of people have become aware of the inequities in the criminal justice system, right now,…

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I still don't feel responsible for what Donald Trump says or does. But I do feel a responsibility as president of the…

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The world is complicated and full of grays, but there's still truth there to be found.

That is another theme in the book [Dreams from My Father]. How do we exercise more empathy in our public discourse? How do we…

I can say across Europe that many principles that have been taken for granted here around free speech, and around civil liberties and an…

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

I want to thank the Greek people publicly for their humanitarian response to the crisis of so many migrants and refugees seeking safety in…

We had a farewell dinner for some of my senior staff, and generally everybody likes to talk about how cool I was.

It's good to get fresh legs in [the White house]. I think that it refreshes our democracy.

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