Barack Hussein Obama :
I intend to close Guantanamo, and I will follow through on that. I have said repeatedly that America doesn't torture. And I'm gonna make sure that we don't torture. Those are part and parcel of an effort to regain America's moral stature in the world.
#
Politics
#
Love
#
Friends and Friendship
Gift it
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=44973&author=Barack Hussein Obama"e=I+intend+to+close+Guantanamo%2C+and+I+will+follow+through+on+that.+I+have+said+repeatedly+that+America+doesn%27t+torture.+And+I%27m+gonna+make+sure+that+we+don%27t+torture.+Those+are+part+and+parcel+of+an+effort+to+regain+America%27s+moral+stature+in+the+world.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F8013%2FBarack_Obama_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=80798&author=John Edwards"e=And+we+have+so+much+work+to+do+in+America%2C+because+all+across+America%2C+there+are+walls+...+There%27s+a+wall+around+Washington%2C+D.C.+The+American+people+are%2C+today%2C+on+the+outside+of+that+wall.+And+on+the+inside+are+the+big+corporations+and+the+lobbyists+who+are+working+to+protect+a+system+that+takes+care+of+them.+...+There+is+another+wall+that+divides+us.+It%27s+the+moral+shame+of+37+million+of+our+own+people+who+wake+up+in+poverty+every+single+day+This+is+not+OK.+And+for+eight+long%2C+long+years%2C+this+wall+has+gotten+taller+And+there%27s+also+a+wall+that%27s+divided+our+image+in+the+world.+The+America+as+the+beacon+of+hope+is+behind+that+wall.+And+all+the+world+sees+now+is+a+bully.+They+see+Iraq%2C+Guantanamo%2C+secret+prison+and+government+that+argues+that+water+boarding+is+not+torture.+This+is+not+OK.+That+wall+has+to+come+down+for+the+sake+of+our+ideals+and+our+security.+We+can+change+this.+We+can+change+it.+Yes+we+can.+If+we+stand+together%2C+we+can+change+it.+...+This+is+not+going+to+be+easy.+It%27s+going+to+be+the+fight+of+our+lives.+But+we%27re+ready%2C+because+we+know+that+this+election+is+about+something+bigger+than+the+tired+old+hateful+politics+of+the+past.+This+election+is+about+taking+down+these+walls+that+divide+us%2C+so+that+we+can+see+what%27s+possible+--+what%27s+possible%2C+that+one+America+that+we+can+build+together.%0A&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F13837%2FJohn_Edwards_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=96499&author=Bill Maher"e=Now+if+you%27re+just+out+of+the+mainstream%2C+if+you+don%27t+have+blind+Bush+love%2C+you+are+somehow+suspect.+Don%27t+ever+let+them+tell+you+that.+Be+out+of+the+mainstream.+I%27m+out+of+the+mainstream.+I+enjoy+it%2C+who+wants+to+be+in+the+mainstream%3F+When+Ronald+Reagan+was+running%2C+he+would+always+say+%27it%27s+morning+in+America%27+and+everybody+would+smile+and+I+would+think+%27yeah+but%2C+I%27m+not+a+morning+person%27.+I%27m+the+guy+who+thinks+religion+is+bad+and+drugs+are+good.+I+think+children+aren%27t+innocent%2C+god+doesn%27t+write+books%2C+and+Jesus+wasn%27t+a+republican.+I+think+girls+hate+each+other%2C+no+doesn%27t+mean+no+and+being+drunk+is+funny.+I%27m+for+mad+cow+disease%2C+how+am+I+gonna+win+that%3F+I%27m+against+suing+tobacco+companies.+I+think+abstinence+is+a+perversion.+I+think+Bush%27s+lies+are+worse+than+Clinton%27s.+I+think+Vegas+was+better+when+it+was+run+by+the+mob.+I+think+men+are+only+as+loyal+as+their+options.+I+think+stereotypes+are+true+and+rehab+is+for+quitters.%0A&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F5940%2FBill_Maher_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=100830&author=Robert Mugabe"e=He+imprisons+and+tortures+at+Guantanamo.+He+imprisoned+and+tortured+at+Abu+Ghraib.+He+has+secret+torture+chambers+in+Europe.+Yes%2C+he+imprisons+even+here+in+the+United+States%2C+with+his+jails+carrying+more+blacks+than+his+universities+can+ever+enroll.+He+even+suspends+the+provisions+of+the+Universal+Declaration+on+Human+Rights.+Take+Guantanamo+for+example%3B+at+that+concentration+camp+international+law+does+not+apply.+The+national+laws+of+the+people+there+do+not+apply.+Laws+of+the+United+States+of+America+do+not+apply.+Only+Bush%27s+law+applies.+Can+the+international+community+accept+being+lectured+by+this+man+on+the+provisions+of+the+universal+declaration+of+human+rights%3F+Definitely+not%21+%5B4%5D&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F14662%2FRobert_Mugabe_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=75624&author=Madonna Ciccone"e=%22I+fear+the+future+I+wish+for+my+children+is+at+risk%2C+so+I%27m+taking+action.+Please+join+me.+Our+greatest+risk+is+not+terrorism%2C+and+it%27s+not+Iraq+or+the+%22Axis+of+Evil%22.+Our+greatest+risk+is+a+lack+of+leadership%2C+a+lack+of+honesty+and+a+complete+lack+of+consciousness.+Unfortunately+our+current+government+cannot+see+the+big+picture.+They+think+too+small.+They+suffer+from+the+%E2%80%9Cwhat%27s+in+it+for+me%3F%E2%80%9D+syndrome.+The+simple+truth+is+that+the+current+administration+has+squandered+incredible+opportunities+to+bring+the+world+together%2C+to+promote+peace+in+regions+that+have+only+known+war%2C+to+encourage+health+in+places+that+are+ravaged+with+disease%2C+to+make+us+more+secure+by+living+up+to+our+principles+at+home+and+abroad.+The+simple+truth+is+that+the+policies+of+our+current+administration+do+not+reflect+what+is+great+about+America.%22+%28About+the+War+in+Iraq+%26amp%3B+the+Bush+administration%29.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F13625%2FMadonna+Ciccone_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=115161&author=Kanye West"e=I+hate+the+way+they+portray+us+in+the+media.+You+see+a+black+family%2C+it+says%2C+%27They%27re+looting.%27+You+see+a+white+family%2C+it+says%2C+%27They%27re+looking+for+food.%27+And%2C+you+know%2C+it%27s+been+five+days+%5Bwaiting+for+federal+help%5D+because+most+of+the+people+are+black.+And+even+for+me+to+complain+about+it%2C+I+would+be+a+hypocrite+because+I%27ve+tried+to+turn+away+from+the+TV+because+it%27s+too+hard+to+watch.+I%27ve+even+been+shopping+before+even+giving+a+donation%2C+so+now+I%27m+calling+my+business+manager+right+now+to+see+what+is+the+biggest+amount+I+can+give%2C+and+just+to+imagine+if+I+was+down+there%2C+and+those+are+my+people+down+there.+So+anybody+out+there+that+wants+to+do+anything+that+we+can+help+--+with+the+way+America+is+set+up+to+help+the+poor%2C+the+black+people%2C+the+less+well-off%2C+as+slow+as+possible.+I+mean%2C+the+Red+Cross+is+doing+everything+they+can.+We+already+realize+a+lot+of+people+that+could+help+are+at+war+right+now%2C+fighting+another+way+--+and+they%27ve+given+them+permission+to+go+down+and+shoot+us%21+%5B...%5D+George+Bush+doesn%27t+care+about+black+people.%0A&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F15323%2FKanye_West_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=86452&author=Sean Hannity"e=I%27ll+tell+you+who+should+be+tortured+and+killed+at+Guantanamo%3A+every+filthy+Democrat+in+the+U.S.+Congress.%0A&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F14096%2FSean+Hannity_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=105857&author=Ronald Reagan"e=They+tell+us+we+must+learn+to+live+with+less%2C+and+teach+our+children+that+their+lives+will+be+less+full+and+prosperous+than+ours+have+been%3B+that+the+America+of+the+coming+years+will+be+a+place+where+%E2%80%94+because+of+our+past+excesses+%E2%80%94+it+will+be+impossible+to+dream+and+make+those+dreams+come+true.+I+don%27t+believe+that.+And%2C+I+don%27t+believe+you+do+either.+That+is+why+I+am+seeking+the+presidency.+I+cannot+and+will+not+stand+by+and+see+this+great+country+destroy+itself.+Our+leaders+attempt+to+blame+their+failures+on+circumstances+beyond+their+control%2C+on+false+estimates+by+unknown%2C+unidentifiable+experts+who+rewrite+modern+history+in+an+attempt+to+convince+us+our+high+standard+of+living%2C+the+result+of+thrift+and+hard+work%2C+is+somehow+selfish+extravagance+which+we+must+renounce+as+we+join+in+sharing+scarcity.+I+don%27t+agree+that+our+nation+must+resign+itself+to+inevitable+decline%2C+yielding+its+proud+position+to+other+hands.+I+am+totally+unwilling+to+see+this+country+fail+in+its+obligation+to+itself+and+to+the+other+free+peoples+of+the+world.%0A&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F234%2FRonald_Reagan_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=77515&author=Ann Coulter"e=I+think+the+government+should+be+spying+on+all+Arabs%2C+engaging+in+torture+as+a+televised+spectator+sport%2C+dropping+daisy+cutters+wantonly+throughout+the+Middle+East+and+sending+liberals+to+Guantanamo.%0A&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F13687%2FAnn_Coulter_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=45045&author=Barack Hussein Obama"e=Americans...+still+believe+in+an+America+where+anything%27s+possible+-+they+just+don%27t+think+their+leaders+do.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F8013%2FBarack_Obama_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=92825&author=Jack Kevorkian"e=It%27s+the+boredom+that+kills+you.+You+read+until+you%27re+tired+of+that.+You+do+crossword+puzzles+until+you%27re+tired+of+that.+This+is+torture.+This+is+mental+torture.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F14314%2FJack+Kevorkian_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=45106&author=Barack Hussein Obama"e=If+you%27re+walking+down+the+right+path+and+you%27re+willing+to+keep+walking%2C+eventually+you%27ll+make+progress.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F8013%2FBarack_Obama_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=45104&author=Barack Hussein Obama"e=I+think+when+you+spread+the+wealth+around+it%27s+good+for+everybody.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F8013%2FBarack_Obama_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=45088&author=Barack Hussein Obama"e=Money+is+not+the+only+answer%2C+but+it+makes+a+difference.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F8013%2FBarack_Obama_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=45048&author=Barack Hussein Obama"e=Focusing+your+life+solely+on+making+a+buck+shows+a+poverty+of+ambition.+It+asks+too+little+of+yourself.+And+it+will+leave+you+unfulfilled.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F8013%2FBarack_Obama_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=45085&author=Barack Hussein Obama"e=Change+will+not+come+if+we+wait+for+some+other+person+or+some+other+time.+We+are+the+ones+we%27ve+been+waiting+for.+We+are+the+change+that+we+seek.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F8013%2FBarack_Obama_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=45127&author=Barack Hussein Obama"e=So+it+has+been.+So+it+must+be+with+this+generation+of+Americans.+That+we+are+in+the+midst+of+crisis+is+now+well+understood.+Our+nation+is+at+war%2C+against+a+far-reaching+network+of+violence+and+hatred.+Our+economy+is+badly+weakened%2C+a+consequence+of+greed+and+irresponsibility+on+the+part+of+some%2C+but+also+our+collective+failure+to+make+hard+choices+and+prepare+the+nation+for+a+new+age.+Homes+have+been+lost%3B+jobs+shed%3B+businesses+shuttered.+Our+health+care+is+too+costly%3B+our+schools+fail+too+many%3B+and+each+day+brings+further+evidence+that+the+ways+we+use+energy+strengthen+our+adversaries+and+threaten+our+planet.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F8013%2FBarack_Obama_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=44953&author=Barack Hussein Obama"e=We+are+the+ones+we+have+been+waiting+for.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F8013%2FBarack_Obama_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=45118&author=Barack Hussein Obama"e=We+need+to+internalize+this+idea+of+excellence.+Not+many+folks+spend+a+lot+of+time+trying+to+be+excellent.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F8013%2FBarack_Obama_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=45009&author=Barack Hussein Obama"e=The+hope+of+a+skinny+kid+with+a+funny+name+who+believes+that+America+has+a+place+for+him%2C+too.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F8013%2FBarack_Obama_64x64.png){kind=link}