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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

For more than four decades, the Libyan people have been ruled by a tyrant - Moammar Gaddafi. He has denied his people freedom, exploited their wealth, murdered opponents at home and abroad, and terrorized innocent people around the world - including Americans who were killed by Libyan agents. ↗

— Barack Obama

#agents #around #been #decades #denied

No one is pro-abortion. ↗

— Barack Obama

I said that America's role would be limited; that we would not put ground troops into Libya; that we would focus our unique capabilities on the front end of the operation, and that we would transfer responsibility to our allies and partners. ↗

— Barack Obama

#america #capabilities #end #focus #front

Of course, there is no question that Libya - and the world - will be better off with Gaddafi out of power. I, along with many other world leaders, have embraced that goal, and will actively pursue it through non-military means. But broadening our military mission to include regime change would be a mistake. ↗

— Barack Obama

#along #better #better off #broadening #change

So while I will never minimize the costs involved in military action, I am convinced that a failure to act in Libya would have carried a far greater price for America. ↗

— Barack Obama

#action #am #america #carried #convinced

Success is only meaningful and enjoyable if it feels like your own. ↗

— Michelle Obama

#feels #like #meaningful #only #own

They say it's better to bury your sadness in a graveyard or garden that waits for the spring to wake from its sleep and burst into green. ↗

— Conor Oberst

#burst #bury #garden #graveyard #green

A friend of mine jokes that I have a painstaking royalty complex. Like maybe I was a duke in a past life. ↗

— Frank Ocean

#duke #friend #i #jokes #life

What everyone in the astronaut corps shares in common is not gender or ethnic background, but motivation, perseverance, and desire - the desire to participate in a voyage of discovery. ↗

— Ellen Ochoa

#background #common #corps #desire #discovery