Barack Obama Issues Quotations

When students participate in debate, they learn to study issues in depth and from perspectives, a skill I use everyday in the Senate.

It's one thing when you're reading about a nuclear site in a book. It's another thing to be able to describe what I've seen, ... You realize as a senator there are so many issues out there tugging on people, you've got to make things vivid for them in order to capture people's attention.

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

I am very impressed with his intellect, ... He strikes me as a good and decent person but he is still following instructions, which is to say as little as possible on some core issues about how he would decide cases.

We as Democrats have not been very interested in poverty or issues relating to the inner city as much as we should have. Think about the last presidential campaign: It's pretty hard to focus a moment on which there was any attention given.

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.

I've been fighting with Acorn, alongside Acorn, on issues you care about, my entire career.

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

People can sort of put it off, and it's not confronting you day-to-day in an immediate sort of way. The consequence of inaction can be enormous, but I think it's one of those issues where until it's too late, you don't see a problem.