“If you want to persuade me that everything is going to be terrible, then we can talk ourselves into that. Or we can act.”— Barack Obama, rollingstone.comTagged: Cynicism, Action, Optimism
“One of the things that I think it's important for progressives to do when we're in a reflective mode after an election like this is, we can't have it both ways. We can't say, "Why aren't you reaching out to the folks who voted against us? And by the way, why aren't you maximizing getting 100 percent…”— Barack Obama, rollingstone.comTagged: Politcs, Partisanship, Compromise
“Aside from any particular issue, the president needs to recognize that this is not about you.”— Barack Obama, rollingstone.com