Leaders and dignitaries of the European Union; representatives of our NATO Alliance; distinguished guests: We meet here at a moment of testing for Europe and the United States, and for the international order that we have worked for generations to build.
Throughout human history, societies have grappled with fundamental questions of how to organize themselves, the proper relationship between the individual and the state, the best means to resolve inevitable conflicts between states. And it was here in Europe, through centuries of struggle — through war and Enlightenment, repression and revolution — that a particular set of ideals began to emerge: The belief that through conscience and free will, each of us has the right to live as we choose. The belief that power is derived from the consent of the governed, and that laws and institutions should be established to protect that understanding. And those ideas eventually inspired a band of colonialists across an ocean, and they wrote them into the founding documents that still guide America today, including the simple truth that all men — and women — are created equal.
But those ideals have also been tested — here in Europe and around the world. Those ideals have often been threatened by an older, more traditional view of power. This alternative vision argues that ordinary men and women are too small-minded to govern their own affairs, that order and progress can only come when individuals surrender their rights to an all-powerful sovereign. Often, this alternative vision roots itself in the notion that by virtue of race or faith or ethnicity, some are inherently superior to others, and that individual identity must be defined by “us” versus “them,” or that national greatness must flow not by what a people stand for, but by what they are against.
Considered in their full context, President Obama’s mentions to ordinary men and women being “too small-minded to govern their own affairs” and order and progress being possible only “when individuals surrender their rights to an all-powerful sovereign” are clearly references to an old, undesirable form of power, not an expression of President Obama’s viewpoint about how things are or should be in the world today.
so clever editing to tell a lie.
This should not be necessary, surely there is enough legitimate proof that you don't have to make shit up?
you need a better dictionary, and a better understanding of english
Assholes, idiots & Retards = the old guard in charge who do not want human rights, who want to remain in charge and think that since they have theirs, fuck everyone else.
and all the other folks so simply say fuck everyone else.
The "Old Guard in charge" are the Globalists & their dancing Monkeys like Comrade Obama. Donald Fucking Trump is the New Leader of the Free World & the "Old Guard" is fighting tooth & nail to regain it's hold over the Peasants/Ordinary People.
I'm just NOT stupid enough to believe that Comrade Obama doesn't fervently believe EXACTLY what he said in the edited sound bite this thread is based on.
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Kannibal ago
Actual speech not at Bildeberg , but at Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels, Belgium
Full speech here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCxLTn6TNaA
relevant section at 3m00s
https://youtu.be/qCxLTn6TNaA?t=3m2s
Larger transcript show OP is twisting the words
source: https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2014/03/26/remarks-president-address-european-youth
Considered in their full context, President Obama’s mentions to ordinary men and women being “too small-minded to govern their own affairs” and order and progress being possible only “when individuals surrender their rights to an all-powerful sovereign” are clearly references to an old, undesirable form of power, not an expression of President Obama’s viewpoint about how things are or should be in the world today.
so clever editing to tell a lie.
This should not be necessary, surely there is enough legitimate proof that you don't have to make shit up?
MrShekelstein ago
you just proved it real news you retard.
thanks!
Kannibal ago
He was basically calling out assholes, idiots, and retards.
maybe he should use smaller words for your benefit?
Feral_Human ago
Assholes, idiots & Retards = Ordinary people? OK that makes perfect sense.......If you're a Pinko Commie Faggot.
Kannibal ago
you need a better dictionary, and a better understanding of english
Assholes, idiots & Retards = the old guard in charge who do not want human rights, who want to remain in charge and think that since they have theirs, fuck everyone else.
and all the other folks so simply say fuck everyone else.
learn to read english instead of being feral
Feral_Human ago
The "Old Guard in charge" are the Globalists & their dancing Monkeys like Comrade Obama. Donald Fucking Trump is the New Leader of the Free World & the "Old Guard" is fighting tooth & nail to regain it's hold over the Peasants/Ordinary People.
Kannibal ago
so you agree with what Obama was actually saying?
Feral_Human ago
I'm just NOT stupid enough to believe that Comrade Obama doesn't fervently believe EXACTLY what he said in the edited sound bite this thread is based on.
Kannibal ago
see with simple editing I can reveal your true thoughts
FTFY
Feral_Human ago
Why don't you suck a nigger dick? Stop resisting YOUR true thoughts.
Kannibal ago
Just because this is what you fantasize about all the time does not mean that everyone else does it.
Feral_Human ago
Sorry dude it doesn't work like that. If you get to tell me what I'm thinking, than I get to tell you what you're thinking........You degenerate fag.