America, our endless blessings bestow an enduring burden. But as Americans, we welcome our responsibility to lead.
Barack ObamaThe bottom line is that it's hard to find a model in which you can practically administer and sustain political support for those kinds of efforts. And what makes America complicated as well is the degree to which this is not just a black/white society, and it is becoming less so every year.
Barack ObamaThere is probably a perverse pride in my administration... that we were going to do the right thing, even if short-term it was unpopular. And I think anybody who's occupied this office has to remember that success is determined by an intersection in policy and politics and that you can't be neglecting of marketing and P.R. and public opinion.
Barack ObamaEvery three weeks, we bring online as much solar power as we did in all of 2008...Thatโs why, over the past six years, weโve done more than ever before to combat climate change, from the way we produce energy, to the way we use it.
Barack Obama