Leadership isn't just legislation, that it's a matter of persuading people and giving them confidence, and bringing them together and setting a tone.
Barack ObamaYou've got audiences cheering at the prospect of somebody dying because they don't have health care and booing a service member in Iraq because they're gay. That's not reflective of who we are.
Barack ObamaI've said very clearly, including in a State of the Union address, that I'm against 'don't ask, don't tell' and that we're going to end this policy.
Barack Obama