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Afford Quotes by Barack Obama
- Number one, it is important that we fix the legal immigration system, because right now we've got a backlog that means years for people to…
- Higher education cannot be a luxury reserved just for a privileged few. It is an economic necessity for every family. And every family should be…
- Tonight, more Americans are out of work and more are working harder for less. More of you have lost your homes and even more are…
- And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to the suffering outside our borders; nor…
- But race is an issue that I believe this nation cannot afford to ignore right now. We would be making the same mistake that Reverend…
- Across the globe there are girls who will one day lead nations, if only we afford them the chance to choose their own destinies.
- We can't afford more top-down economics. What we need are policies that will grow and strengthen the middle class.
- For now, decisions are upon us and we cannot afford delay. We cannot mistake absolutism for principle or substitute spectacle for politics, or treat name-calling…
- Teddy Roosevelt supported a progressive income tax. If I am sitting pretty and you've got a waitress who is making minimum wage plus tips, and…
- This kind of inequality - a level we haven't seen since the Great Depression - hurts us all. When middle-class families can no longer afford…
- Inequality also distorts our democracy. It gives an outsized voice to the few who can afford high-priced lobbyists and unlimited campaign contributions, and runs the…
- We can’t afford to be so worried about losing the next election that we lose the battles we owe to the next generation. The real…
- What I believe is that marriage is between a man and a woman, but what I also believe is that we have an obligation to…
- In December, I agreed to extend the tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans because it was the only way I could prevent a tax hike…
- perhaps I possess a certain Midwestern sensibility that I inherited from my mother and her parents, a sensibility that Warren Buffet seems to share: that…
- But you see, a rich country like America can perhaps afford to be stupid.
- Higher education cant be a luxury, its an economic imperative that every family in America should be able to afford.
- Bill Clinton tried the approach that I'm talking about. We created 23 million new jobs. We went from deficit to surplus. And businesses did very…
- We cannot afford to have a nuclear arms race in the most volatile region of the world.
More Afford Quotes
- War has become a luxury that only small nations can afford. — Hannah Arendt
- When bright young minds can't afford college, America pays the price. — Arthur Ashe
- When kids can't afford to see it anymore maybe we'll have a whole resurgence of garage bands all over America and this… — Lester Bangs
- I mean the interesting thing I think would be if something happened like, what happened in England where all these kids that… — Lester Bangs
- A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled. — James A. Baldwin
- Sailing a boat calls for quick action, a blending of feeling with the wind and water as well as with the very… — George Matthew Adams
- I believe that we parents must encourage our children to become educated, so they can get into a good college that we… — Dave Barry
- Now, if you're Al Gore, you can afford $10 a pop for squiggly-pig-tailed fluorescent light bulbs. But if you're mainstream America, two… — Joe Barton
- Ignorance is an evil weed, which dictators may cultivate among their dupes, but which no democracy can afford among its citizens. — William Beveridge
- No movement can afford to be caught in a time warp and exist in a state of suspended animation. — Theodore Bikel
- I get to hear the really good or the really bad things in the press, but I don't read it. I can… — Bono
- In ambition, as in love, the successful can afford to be indulgent toward their rivals. The prize our own, it is graceful… — Christian Nestell Bovee