UK Telegraph "Since taking office, the only occasions when Barack Obama has appeared really enthusiastic when delivering speeches has been when he’s addressed foreign audiences, and especially when he’s apologised for his own country or undercut the idea of American greatness. His speeches to the Muslim world in Cairo, and his address to the French and Germans in Strasbourg spring to mind."...."President Obama seems increasingly uncomfortable in domestic US settings, but highly energised when speaking abroad, especially to audiences that are traditionally anti-American."
"We're trying to use the power of persuasion and if that doesn't work, we're going to use the persuasion of power." - Andy Stern as a member of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform.
"Workers of the world unite. It's not just a slogan anymore." - Andy Stern
"What good is reading the bill if its 1000 pages..." - John Conyers
"We kind of agree with Mao that political power comes largely from the barrel of a gun." - Ron Bloom, Chief Advisor to the Treasury Department on the Auto Industry
"Under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily sky rocket." - Obama
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