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> [The United States had eight years of Barack Obama. He made it incredibly clear that he was a right-wing Democrat. He cited Ronald Reagan lovingly in every stump speech for the last six months of the presidential 2008 campaign. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avi-lewis/the-united-states-had-eight-years-of-barack-obama-he-made-it/)

[Avi Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avi-lewis/)

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## Other authors on Years Barack

## More by Avi Lewis

> [So many people are on the front lines of this fossil fuel frenzy. It is infused with a sense of urgency.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avi-lewis/so-many-people-are-on-the-front-lines-of-this-fossil-fuel-frenzy-it/)

[Avi Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avi-lewis/)

> [Once you feel the desire to engage, think about what you're good at and what you can contribute. It's about breaking down the idea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avi-lewis/once-you-feel-the-desire-to-engage-think-about-what-you-re-good-at/)

[Avi Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avi-lewis/)

> [I think people are losing that sense of security pretty fast, frankly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avi-lewis/i-think-people-are-losing-that-sense-of-security-pretty-fast-frankly/)

[Avi Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avi-lewis/)

> [One of the things that could be exciting about this next phase of Canadian politics is if we could maybe have co-leaders.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avi-lewis/one-of-the-things-that-could-be-exciting-about-this-next-phase-of/)

[Avi Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avi-lewis/)

> [If you spend a lot of time with activists, as I have, they're just ordinary people who instead of Netflix are getting together in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avi-lewis/if-you-spend-a-lot-of-time-with-activists-as-i-have-they-re-just/)

[Avi Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avi-lewis/)

> [If we could get proportional representation and open up roles for smaller parties in coalition governments, we could start intentionally breaking down the cult…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avi-lewis/if-we-could-get-proportional-representation-and-open-up-roles-for/)

[Avi Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avi-lewis/)

> [ The book and the film \[This Changes Everything\] fed into each other in ways that were compounding and very exciting. The pain was shared. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avi-lewis/the-book-and-the-film-this-changes-everything-fed-into-each-other-in/)

[Avi Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avi-lewis/)

> [Catastrophic damage from climate-driven extreme weather is now an annual reality. The cost of not dealing with it will be much greater than if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avi-lewis/catastrophic-damage-from-climate-driven-extreme-weather-is-now-an/)

[Avi Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avi-lewis/)

> [We're dealing with a crisis of inequality, of joblessness, of underemployment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avi-lewis/we-re-dealing-with-a-crisis-of-inequality-of-joblessness-of/)

[Avi Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avi-lewis/)

> [I've always kind of hated films about climate change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avi-lewis/i-ve-always-kind-of-hated-films-about-climate-change/)

[Avi Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avi-lewis/)

> [Film 'This Changes Everything' is not a sad story. It's not a slit-your-wrists climate film. It's a story about people who are making change…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avi-lewis/film-this-changes-everything-is-not-a-sad-story-it-s-not-a-slit-your/)

[Avi Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avi-lewis/)

> [The thing that our system is designed to do is keep us alone and isolated in our little consumer bubble. And the most revolutionary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avi-lewis/the-thing-that-our-system-is-designed-to-do-is-keep-us-alone-and/)

[Avi Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avi-lewis/)

> [If you have a culture based on hunting and fishing and all the animals are disappearing and the fish are sick, then you can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avi-lewis/if-you-have-a-culture-based-on-hunting-and-fishing-and-all-the/)

[Avi Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avi-lewis/)

> [What we face in Canada are multiple overlapping crises. We have the climate crisis, which is screaming down on us - all of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avi-lewis/what-we-face-in-canada-are-multiple-overlapping-crises-we-have-the/)

[Avi Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avi-lewis/)

> [I think that kind of urgency is what makes this stage of the climate movement really different from what it was even a few…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avi-lewis/i-think-that-kind-of-urgency-is-what-makes-this-stage-of-the-climate/)

[Avi Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avi-lewis/)

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