The Visionary
The future, and what is barely possible, reads round the next corner.
Barack Obama is a former President known for his ability to inspire and mobilize people around a vision of a diverse and inclusive America. This interview reveals his deep commitment to public service and his belief in the potential for positive change, even amidst challenges.
“And for much of my tenure as President, some of our most urgent challenges have revolved around an increasingly integrated global economy and our efforts to recover from the worst economic crisis of our lifetime.”
“As he said at one of the very first meetings on the founding of the United Nations, “We have got to make not merely peace, but a peace that will last”. The men and women who built this institution understood that peace is more than the absence of war.”
“That progress is real. It can be documented in lives saved, agreements forged, diseases conquered and mouths fed. And yet we come together today knowing that the march of human progress never travels in a straight line, that our work is far from complete and that dangerous currents risk pulling us back into a darker, more disordered world…”
“But more progress is needed. We continue to call on Palestinians to end incitement against Israel. And we continue to emphasize that America does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements.”
The Axe Files with David Axelrod — Ep. 108 - President Barack Obama
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