“We don't have a common market in the Americas. But in all sorts of ways, the United States constrains itself in order to bind everyone under a common set of norms and rules that makes everybody more prosperous.”— Barack Obama, whitehouse.govTagged: Universalism, Universal Norms, Economic Configurations, One Universal With Many Particulars, Brexit
“I’m not coming here to fix any votes. I’m not casting a vote myself. I’m offering my opinion. And in democracies, everybody should want more information, not less. And you shouldn’t be afraid to hear an argument being made… If, right now, I’ve got access to a massive market where I sell 44 percent o…”— Barack Obama, whitehouse.govTagged: Brexit, Example of Elegant Argument Setup, Britain
“I think there's a British poet who once said, 'No man is an island' even an island as beautiful as this. We're stronger together. And if we continue to tackle our challenges together, then future generations will look back on ours, just as we look back on the previous generation of English and Ameri…”— Barack Obama, whitehouse.govTagged: Brexit, Britain, The Future of Europe in 2016, Cohesive Continental Identities