Tasks Quotes by Barack Obama

11 Tasks quotes by Barack Obama

When you need a short, practical perspective on handling everyday duties, Obama’s brief reflections deliver a steady hand. These eleven snippets keep the focus on action and responsibility.

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To keep Nigeria ONE, is a task that must be DONE...

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It is our generation's task...to reignite the true engine of America's economic growth...a rising, thriving middle class.

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That is our generation's task, to make these works, these rights, these values of life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness…

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This is our first task-caring for our children. It's our first job. If we don't get that right, we don't get anything…

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It is now our generation's task to carry on what those pioneers began. For our journey is not complete until our wives,…

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John F.Kennedy gave probably the greatest inauguration speech ever that first time, but I guarantee you when he first walked out there…

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I thought Brittany Packnett, who was one of the Ferguson activists, really interesting, smart young lady, really impressive - you might want…

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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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There's been a lot of talk about body cameras as a silver bullet or a solution. I think the task force concluded…

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I'm not talking about blind optimism, the kind of hope that just ignores the enormity of the tasks ahead or the roadblocks…

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Hope is not blind optimism. It's not ignoring the enormity of the task ahead or the roadblocks that stand in our path.…

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Nobody is listening to your telephone calls.

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All of us take offense to anyone who reaps the rewards of living in America without taking on the responsibilities of living in America.…

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

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

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

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

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

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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…

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