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Responsibility Quotes by Barack Obama

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Barack Obama reminds America that its size and emissions make it responsible for fighting climate change. He talks about investing in schools and helping young people grow with good guidance. He also says leaders should listen to ordinary citizens instead of special donors.

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We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity.

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After 2014, we will support a unified Afghanistan as it takes responsibility for its own future.

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We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools.

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When our interests and values are at stake, we have a responsibility to act.

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Your ability to let go is part of the duty that you have.

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Now is the time for all of us to take our share of responsibility for a global response to global challenges.

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Men have to take more responsibility. Men have to intervene

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Those of us in positions of responsibility, we'll need to be less concerned with the judgment of special interests and well-connected donors,…

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“So, let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder…

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Our celebration of initiative and enterprise, our insistence on hard work and personal responsibility, are constants in our character.

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There are values that transcend race or culture, that move us forward, and there's an obligation for all of us individually as…

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“Throughout our history, education has been at the heart of a bargain this nation makes with its citizens: If you work hard…

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Operation Iraqi Freedom is over, and the Iraqi people now have lead responsibility for the security of their country

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Tim Kaine has a message of fiscal responsibility and generosity of spirit. That kind of message can sell anywhere.

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Every single one of you has something you're good at. Every single one of you has something to offer. And you have…

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One thing I think we have to do is to make sure that the undocumented workers who are living in America today,…

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Ultimately, only diplomacy can bring about a durable solution to the challenge posed by Iran's nuclear program. As President and Commander in…

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We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people…

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After a decade of profligacy, the American people are tired of politicians who talk the talk but don't walk the walk when…

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I want my children - I want Malia and Sasha - to understand that they've got responsibilities beyond just what they themselves…

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If we truly believe in our public schools, then we have a moral responsibility to do better - to break the either-or…

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What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility - a recognition, on the part of every American, that…

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I said that America's role would be limited; that we would not put ground troops into Libya; that we would focus our…

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All of us have a responsibility to work for the day when the mothers of Israelis and Palestinians can see their children…

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I support ensuring that committed gay couples have the same rights and responsibilities afforded to any married couple in this country. I…

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Faced with the potential of mass atrocities and a call for help from the Libyan people, the United States and our friends…

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Since taking office, I've made it clear that the United States was prepared to begin a new chapter of engagement with the…

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Yes, our greatness as a nation has depended on individual initiative, on a belief in the free market. But it has also…

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Our job as Americans is to restore that basic bargain that says, if you work hard, if you're willing to meet your…

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“Our challenges may be new. The instruments with which we meet them may be new. But those values upon which our success…

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On my recent trip to Israel, I had the opportunity to visit Yad Vashem, Israel's national Holocaust memorial, and reaffirm our collective…

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We need more responsibility, but we need it not just when there's a crisis. I mean, we've had years in which the…

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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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As a nuclear power - as the only nuclear power to have used a nuclear weapon - the United States has a…

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Now, as the world's largest economy and as the world's second largest emitter, America bears our responsibility to address climate change, and…

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We have to all shoulder the responsibility for keeping the planet habitable, or we're going to suffer the consequences - together.

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America, our endless blessings bestow an enduring burden. But as Americans, we welcome our responsibility to lead.

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You might be locked in a world not of your own making, her eyes said, but you still have a claim on…

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The belief that peace is desirable is rarely enough to achieve it. Peace requires responsibility. Peace entails sacrifice.

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I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they…

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

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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…