What we can do is to shape how that process of global integration proceeds, so that it's increasing opportunity for ordinary people, so that it's creating better jobs, so that we are strengthening protections for workers, so that we are addressing some of the environmental challenges that come with rapid growth.
Barack ObamaFamilies across America are feeling the pinch as they watch debts mount, bills pile up and savings disappear.
Barack ObamaThe values that we share - freedom of speech, freedom of religious practice, freedom for civil society, free and fair elections, all the innovation that's been created through a market-based economy - those things are ultimately going to be the path for us to continue into a better future. I hope that, despite some of the challenges we have, that people appreciate that.
Barack ObamaUnder my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocketโฆ Because Iโm capping greenhouse gasses, coal power plants, natural gasโฆyou name itโฆwhatever the plants were, whatever the industry was, they would have to retro-fit their operations. That will cost moneyโฆthey will pass that money on to the consumers.
Barack ObamaDespite all the noise and hullabaloo - military cooperation, intelligence cooperation, all of that has continued. We have defended them consistently in every imaginable way. But I also believe that both for our national interests and Israel's national interests that allowing an ongoing conflict between Israelis and Palestinians that could get worse and worse over time is a problem. And that settlements contribute.
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