#pro

Issues are never simple. One thing I'm proud of is that very rarely will you hear me simplify the issues. ↗

— Barack Obama

#i #issues #me #never #one thing

We've protected thousands of people in Libya; we have not seen a single U.S. casualty; there's no risks of additional escalation. This operation is limited in time and in scope. ↗

— Barack Obama

#casualty #escalation #libya #limited #operation

No one is pro-abortion. ↗

— Barack Obama

We proved that we are still a people capable of doing big things and tackling our biggest challenges. ↗

— Barack Obama

#big things #biggest #biggest challenges #capable #challenges

When we think of the major threats to our national security, the first to come to mind are nuclear proliferation, rogue states and global terrorism. But another kind of threat lurks beyond our shores, one from nature, not humans - an avian flu pandemic. ↗

— Barack Obama

#avian #beyond #come #first #flu

Community colleges play an important role in helping people transition between careers by providing the retooling they need to take on a new career. ↗

— Barack Obama

#career #careers #colleges #community #helping

I know that campaigns can seem small, and even silly. Trivial things become big distractions. Serious issues become sound bites. And the truth gets buried under an avalanche of money and advertising. If you're sick of hearing me approve this message, believe me - so am I. ↗

— Barack Obama

#am #approve #avalanche #become #believe

I don't think marriage is a civil right, but I think that being able to transfer property is a civil right. ↗

— Barack Obama

#being #civil #civil right #i #i think

My task over the last two years hasn't just been to stop the bleeding. My task has also been to try to figure out how do we address some of the structural problems in the economy that have prevented more Googles from being created. ↗

— Barack Obama

#also #been #being #bleeding #created

What is a danger is that we stay stuck in a new normal where unemployment rates stay high, people who have jobs see their incomes go up, businesses make big profits. But they're learned to do more with less, and so they don't hire. ↗

— Barack Obama

#businesses #danger #go #high #hire