Barack Obama Politician “[The] United States is proud to stand with you as your strongest ally and greatest friend. I see this visit as an opportunity to reaffirm the unbreakable bond between our nations, to restate America's unwavering commitment to Israel's security, and to speak directly to Israel and to your neighbors.” America Opportunity Commitment ♥ 3
Barack Obama Politician “We stand with Israel as a Jewish democratic state because we know that Israel is born of firmly held values that we, as Americans, share: a culture committed to justice, a land that welcomes the weary, a people devoted to tikkun olam. ... So America's commitment ... and my commitment to Israel and Israel's security is unshakeable. It is unshakeable. ... I am proud to say that no U.S. administration has done more in support of Israel's security than ours. None. Don't let anybody else tell you otherwise. It is a fact.” America Commitment Israel ♥ 3
Barack Obama Politician “Our first and immutable commitment must be to the security of Israel, our only true ally in the Middle East and the only democracy.” Democracy Commitment Israel ♥ 3
Barack Obama Politician “As Iraqi forces continue the liberation of Mosul, I'm pleased that NATO will be meeting the commitment we made in Warsaw to begin training additional forces in Iraq.” Commitment Iraq Training ♥ 3
Barack Obama Politician “I've always viewed the Paris Agreement as a starting point. If you look at all the commitments that have been made by all the countries, it's still not sufficient to deal with the very dangerous situation we face. What it has done is that it created an architecture whereby as technology improves, as we find new clean sources of energy, as we make our economies more efficient, then gradually we can turn up the dial and improve the outcomes of Paris.” Country Technology Commitment ♥ 3
Barack Obama Politician “Angela [Merkel] and I also agreed the need for a comprehensive and humane response to the devastating humanitarian crisis in Syria and for the influx of migrants and refugees from around the world. We need to build on the progress achieved at the U.N. Refugee Summit, which yielded new commitments from some 50 nations and organizations.” Progress Commitment Organization ♥ 3
Barack Obama Politician “I think that at a certain stage those early ambitions burn away, partly because you achieve something, you get something done, you get some notoriety. And then the particularities of who you are and what your deepest commitments are begin expressing themselves. You're not just chasing the idea of "me" being important, but you, rather, are chasing a particular passion.” Passion Ambition Commitment ♥ 3
Barack Obama Politician “I'm willing to work with anyone of either party who has a good idea and the commitment to see through. And we should all expect you to hold us accountable for our progress or our failure to deliver.” Ideas Party Commitment ♥ 3
Barack Obama Politician “I think it is important first of all that the president of the United States underscores our commitment to partnering with countries around the world, even though we're not intimidated by terrorist organisations.” Thinking Country Commitment ♥ 3
Barack Obama Politician “What has made America the wealthiest, most successful country on Earth historically has been our commitment to education.” Country Successful Commitment ♥ 3
Barack Obama Politician “In America, we then made a commitment, particularly after World War II with the GI Bill, to massively expand our commitment to college education, and that meant we had more engineers and we had more scientists and that meant we had better technology, which meant that we were more productive and we could succeed in the global marketplace.” War Technology Commitment ♥ 3
Barack Obama Politician “I am encouraged by the president-elect's [Donald Trump] insistence that NATO is a commitment that does not change. And his full commitment to NATO as the foundation for our international security I think is very important.” Thinking President Commitment ♥ 3
