I don't want you folks to do a lot of talking. Just shut up and get out of the way. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
it’s important to make sure that we’re talking with each other in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds."… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“it’s important to make sure that we’re talking with each other in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds.” — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I believe that if we stop talking at one another and start talking with one another, we can get a lot done. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I've been talking about things like reversing the rise of inequality and strengthening social mobility,since before it was cool. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Together we can change our culture for the better by ending violence against women and girls, artists have a unique power to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My sister is a teacher, so I am a strong support of teachers, but I'm not going to be bound by just… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
[ William Ayers] is an example of what I'm talking about. This is a guy who lives in my neighborhood, who's a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There's a lot of people talking about elitism and all of that.Yes, I went to Princeton and Harvard, but the lens through… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I know the American people. I've met a lot of them. I've met a lot more of them than any columnist has,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The most powerful political moments for me come when I feel like my actions are aligned with a certain truth. I can… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What we shouldn't be doing is trying to take away your rights to bargain for better wages or working conditions... These so-called… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We were still able to see the phone records of a potential terrorist cause, we held them, now you have to hope… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I don't regret the fervor, because I do believe, in the African American community but also for other communities, and I know… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think that the risk to all the progress we've made was at stake in the election because not just the president-elect… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I would say this, I'll go back to those black ladies I was talking about who love them some Barack and love… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I'm not talking about blind optimism, the kind of hope that just ignores the enormity of the tasks ahead or the roadblocks… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You wouldn't know that if you talked to Human Rights Watch or Amnesty International or some of the international activist organizations. Certainly… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“At a time when our discourse has become so sharply polarized, at a time when we are far too eager to lay… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We had to get out of Chicago so quick. Election night happens, suddenly I'm talking to Ben Bernanke and Hank Paulson and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If we think that we can secure our country by just talking tough without acting tough and smart, then we will misunderstand… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What you saw was the people of New York having a debate, talking through these issues. It was contentious; it was emotional;… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
He [Barack Obama] talked about deficit reduction. This got me he was talking about how the deficit's being reduced faster in the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Go back to - my first campaign for the United States Senate. I got a bunch of people now talking about inequality.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
She is running around talking about how this is an insult to sportsmen, how she values the Second Amendment. She's talking like… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“You could see a man talking to himself as just plain crazy, or read about the criminal on the front page of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I'm determined to disagree with people without being disagreeable. That's part of the empathy. Empathy doesn't just extend to cute little kids.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Back in the '50s and '60s, most politicians were concerned about not talking about faith, partly because there were consequences you had… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I do want to once again speak directly to the Iranian people. Yours is a great civilization with a vibrant culture that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It ought to concern every person, because it is a debasement of our common humanity. It ought to concern every community, because… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
One of the great things about being commander in chief is getting to know our men and women in uniform in a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think that what is always true when you run against an incumbent president is, is that you end up talking more… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You know, the truth is that right after 9/11, I had a (flag) pin. Shortly after 9/11, particularly because as we're talking… — 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
![“[ William Ayers] is an example of what I'm talking about. This is a guy who lives in my neighborhood, who's a professor of English in Chicago who I know and who I have not received some official endorsement from. He's not somebody who I exchange ideas from on a regular basis.” quote by Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/02c/barack-obama-17_bases_william-ayers-is-an-example-of-what-i-m_1577428.jpg)
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