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All Video Clips of Barack Obama Talking About Empathy

Barack Obama and a New Spirit of Empathy - Rough Cut 2 (1hr 49 min)
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A Chronological Video of Barack on Empathy. Compiled from about 40 of his speeches and interviews, etc. on the topic of empathy. For individual clips see below.

Individual Video Clips and Sources

		(areas in red are material that's still needed)
Date yr-month -day	Clip	Speech	Empathy Comments	DL	Print
1995-07-18 Jul		Book: Dreams from My Father	1995-07-18 - Book - Dreams from My Father Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section Nor do I pretend to understand the stark nihilism that drove the terrorists that day and that drives their brethren still. My powers of empathy, my ability to reach into another's heart, cannot penetrate the blank stares of those who would murder innocents with abstract, serene satisfaction. ------ And it is that truth, a truth that they surely sense but can't admit and, in fact, must refuse if they are to wake up tomorrow, that has forced them, or others like them, eventually to shut off access to any empathy they may once have felt.
2001-09-19 Sep	(need video)	9-11 Attack Caused by “Lack of Empathy”	2001-09-19 - 9-11 Attack Caused by Lack of Empathy Text Source - L ocal Copy - Empathy Section We must also engage, however, in the more difficult task of understanding the sources of such madness. The essence of this tragedy, it seems to me, derives from a fundamental absence of empathy on the part of the attackers: an inability to imagine, or connect with, the humanity and suffering of others. Such a failure of empathy, such numbness to the pain of a child or the desperation of a parent, is not innate; nor, history tells us, is it unique to a particular culture, religion, or ethnicity.		p
2004-07-27 Jul		DNC 2004 Keynote Address Boston MA @ americanrhetoric	2004-07-27 - DNC 2004 Keynote Address - Boston MA Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section (any empathy sections?)	x
2004-11-XX Nov		Sen. Barack Obama, O Magazine (Nov. 2004) (need text and any video)	2004-11-XX - Sen. Barack Obama O Magazine Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section I often say we've got a budget deficit that's important, we've got a trade deficit that's critical, but what I worry about most is our empathy deficit. When I speak to students, I tell them that one of the most important things we can do is to look through somebody else's eyes.” Sen. Barack Obama, O Magazine (Nov. 2004)
2004-11-23 Nov		Charlie Rose - BARACK OBAMA @ youtube	2004-11-23 - Charlie Rose - Barack Obama Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section (need transcript) At video 25:00 - 27:00: When I see the empathy deficit that damages so much of our politics. Rose: What is the empathy deficit? The inability of people to stand in other folks shoes. ... 52:00 It's hard to empathize with people who have different values than you.	x	v
2004-11-23 Nov		Obama Book Signing NY NY @ c-span (new)	2004-11-23 - Obama Book Signing - NY NY Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section How do we expand a sense of empathy and allow each and every one of us to... .. Excuses for that, and that's where my empathy stops. I can't get into that mindset...	x
2005-04-12 Apr	(need video)	Visit to Walter Reed Army Medical Center	2005-04-12 - Visit to Walter Reed Army Medical Center Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section Throughout these visits, I was extraordinarily impressed with the deep care, attentiveness and professionalism of the staff at Walter Reed. They considered these young people to be part of their families and are able to maintain a powerful balance between empathy for those in their care and a cheerful insistence on the ability of these wounded soldiers to recover from their injuries.		p
2005-06-22 Jun	(need video)	What it takes be bona fide `full-grown' man -	2005-06-22 - What it takes be full-grown man Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section One of the values that I think men in particular have to pass on is the value of empathy. Not sympathy, empathy. And what that means is standing in somebody else's shoes, being able to look through their eyes. You know, sometimes we get so caught up in "us" that it's hard to see that there are other people and that your behavior has an impact on them. And sometimes brothers in particular don't like to feel empathy, don't like to think in terms of "How does this affect other people?" because we think that's being soft. There's a culture in our society that says we can't show weakness and we can't, therefore, show kindness. That we can't be considerate because sometimes that makes us look weak.		p
2005-09-22 Sep		Confirmation of Judge John Roberts @ c-span (new)	2005-09-22 - Confirmation of Judge John Roberts Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section That last mile can only be determined on the basis of one's deepest values, one's core concerns, one's broader perspectives on how the world works, and the depth and breadth of one's empathy.	x
2006-01-13 Jan	(need video)	Obama wraps up Middle East trip	2006-01-13 - Obama wraps up Middle East trip Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section As you travel through the Middle East what keeps on striking home to me is how similar everyone is, and yet the degree to which we can find differences to fight wars over. It requires a great deal of empathy, I think, between various sides to overcome this history and live in peace. Local:
2006-01-26 Jan		2006-01-26 - Obama on Confirmation of Judge Samuel Alito	c-spanarchives (16:00 hr.) no empathy comments, but says Alito always sides with the powerful.
200X-XX-XX date ???		Literacy & Empathy? @ youtube Reading Pennsylvania? (need full transcript and where is this speech from?)	200X-XX-XX - Literacy & Empathy Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section The biggest deficit that we have in our society and the world right now is an empathy deficit. (empathy deficit, Barack Obama talks about the empathy deficit and how literacy and reading can help)	x	v
2006-xx-xx May?	part 1	Keynote at Building with Books @ youtube - part 1 @ youtube - part 2	2006-xx-xx - Keynote at Building with Books Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section (need full transcript) (Says Building with Books program helps kids develop empathy.)	x	v
2006-xx-xx May?	part 2			x	v
2006-06-02 Jun		U. Massachusetts Boston Commencement @ c-span .flv (new) @ c-span .rm (new)	2006-06-02 - U Massachusetts Boston Commencement Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section My third piece of advice is to cultivate a sense of empathy - to put yourself in other people's shoes - to see the world from their eyes. Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.	x	p
2006-06-16 Jun		2006 Northwestern Commencement @ youtube	2006-06-16 - 2006 Northwestern Commencement Text Source 1, Source 2 - Local Copy - Empathy Section (Challenges Grads to Cultivate Empathy.) The world doesn't just revolve around you. There's a lot of talk in this country about the federal deficit. But I think we should talk more about our empathy deficit.	x	pv
2006-07-12 Jul		Campus Progress Annual Conference @ youtube @ livevideo (problems with clip) @ c-span (new)	2006-07-12 - Campus Progress Annual Conference Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section The last piece of advice is to cultivate a sense of empathy. There's a lot of talk in this country about the federal deficit. But I think we should talk more about our empathy deficit - the ability to put ourselves in someone else's shoes; to see the world through those who are different from us - the child who's hungry, the laid-off steelworker, the immigrant woman cleaning your dorm room.	x	p
2006-08-11 Aug		Xavier University Commencement @ xavier (new) (not good quality)	2006-08-11 - Xavier University Commencement Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section You know, there's a lot of talk in this country about the federal deficit. But I think we should talk more about our empathy deficit - the ability to put ourselves in someone else's shoes; to see the world through the eyes of those who are different from us - the child who's hungry, the steelworker who's been laid-off, the family who lost the entire life they built together when the storm came to town.		p
2006-09-17 Sep		Book: Audacity of Hope @ fora.tv - author talk	2006-09-17 - Book - Audacity of Hope Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section in Chapter 2 on Values "Like most of my values, I learned about empathy from my mother. She disdained any kind of cruelty or thoughtlessness or abuse of power ....Whenever she saw even a hint of such behavior in me she would look me square in the eyes and ask, "How do you think that would make you feel?" ... I find myself returning again and again to my mother's simple principle -- "How would that make you feel?" -- as a guidepost for my politics. ... It's not a question we ask ourselves enough, I think; as a country, we seem to be suffering from an empathy deficit."	ax
2006-10-18 Oct		Oprah Show @ photobucket	2006-10-18 - Oprah Show Text Source - 2nd - Local Copy - Empathy Section "My mother taught me empathy—the basic concept of standing in somebody else's shoes and looking through their eyes. If I did something messed up, she'd just say, 'How would that make you feel if somebody did that to you?' That ends up being, I think, at the center of my politics, and I think that should be the center of all our politics. If we see a child who's languishing in an inner-city school, how would we feel if that was our child?"	x
2006-10-19 Oct		Charlie Rose - An hour with Barack Obama @ google	2006-10-19 - Charlie Rose - An hour with Barack Obama Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section Text: (no comments about empathy in this interview) Local:	x
2006-10-19 Oct	(need video)	Larry King Live Part One - on CNN but ends before empathy section. on Youtube Part Two?? Where is it??	2006-10-19 - Larry King Live Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section Larry King quotes from Audacity of Hope: "Like most of my values, I learned about empathy from my mother"
2006-12-04 Dec		K.I.D.S. Fashion Delivers (new) @Youtube	2006-12-04 - K.I.D.S. Fashion Delivers Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section K.I.D.S. and Fashion Delivers Birthday Gala in at the Mandarin Oriental New York “If we hope to meet the moral test of our times, we’re going to have to talk more about the empathy deficit—the ability to see ourselves when we choose to empathize with the plight of others. It is time for a sense of empathy to infuse our politics in America.” “It is time for a sense of empathy to infuse our politics in America. K.I.D.S. has spent over 20 years making this a reality. Now it is time for the rest of us to catch up.
2007-03-04 Mar		Selma Speech: Commemorates 1965 Civil Rights March in Selma, AL @ youtube (need full video) @ barackobama.com @ c-span (new)	2007-03-04 - Selma Speech Commemorates 1965 civil rights march Text & Vid Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section (1&2) There is an empathy gap. There is a gap in terms of sympathizing for the folks in New Orleans.	x vx	p
2007-05-13 May		This Week George Stephanopoulos @ youtube	2007-05-13 - This Week George Stephanopoulos Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section I'm not an ideologue. Never have been. Even during my younger days when I was tempted by sort of more radical or left-wing politics, there was a part of me that always was a little bit conservative in that sense, that believes that you make progress by sitting down, listening to people, recognizing everybody's concerns, seeing other people's points of views, and them making decisions.	x
2007-05-19 May		Southern NH Commencement @ youtube @ barackobama.com	2007-05-19 - Southern New Hampshire Uni Commencement Text & Vid Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section "The world doesn't just revolve around you. There's a lot of talk in this country about the federal deficit. But I think we should talk more about our empathy deficit "	x vx	p
2007-07-03 Jul		Obama - Town Hall Meeting - Fairfield IA @ c-span rm (new)	2007-07-03 - Obama - Town Hall Meeting - Fairfield IA Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section	x
2007-07-17 Jul		Planned Parenthood Conference @ youtube @ moneinamillion.com - full speech	2007-07-17 - Planned Parenthood Conference Text Source 1, Text Source 2 - Local Copy - Empathy Section Barack Obama appoint Supreme Court justices justices with "empathy." "We need somebody who's got the heart, the empathy, to recognize what it's like to be a young teenage mom. The empathy to understand what it's like to be poor, or African-American, or gay, or disabled, or old. And that's the criteria by which I'm going to be selecting my judges."	x	p
2007-07-09 Jul		Michelle Obama - Greenville SC @ NPR audio	2007-07-09 - Michelle Obama - Greenville SC Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section What he's said time and time again is that this country is suffering from an empathy deficit, and if you don't have it in you to walk in another person's shoes, it's going to be difficult for us to move through these problems, that what we need, as a country, is to start caring for one another in a very deep and fundamental way,"
2007-08-08 Aug		Barack Obama Walks in the Shoes of Oakland Homecare Worker Pauline Beck @ youtube	2007-08-08 - Barack Obama Walks in the Shoes of Oakland Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section (Obama 'walks in the shoes' of Pauline Beck cleans her house. Empathy in action.) Local:	x
2007-08-19 Aug		Presidential Debate Des Moines IA @ c-span (new) @taudiobook (new) @ google (new)	2007-08-19 - Presidential Debate - Des Moines IA Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section I believe in the power of prayer. And part of what I believe in is that, through prayer, not only can we strengthen ourselves in adversity, but that we can also find the empathy and the compassion and the will to deal with the problems that we do control.	x
2007-09-28 Sept		Presidential Debate Dartmouth College @ c-span (new)	2007-09-28 - Presidential Debate Dartmouth College Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section We have been governed in fear and division, and you know, we talk about the federal deficit, but we don't talk enough about the empathy deficit, a sense that I stand in somebody else's shoes, I see through their eyes.	x
2007-09-30 Sept		Michelle Obama - National Congress Black Women @ clipsyndicate @ policlicks.com	2007-09-30 - Michelle Obama - National Congress Black Women, Washington, DC Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section Barack always says that one of our greatest challenges as a nation is not a deficit of resources – for we are one of the riches countries in the world; and it's not deficit of policies, because we have some of the greatest minds working on these issues. Instead, our greatest challenge is that we are living in a time when we are suffering from a deep empathy deficit.	x	p
2007-10-15 Oct		Mack Apple Orchard Londonderry NH @ c-span .flv - (empathy section) (new) @ c-span .rm - @ youtube (new)	2007-10-15 - Mack Apple Orchard - Londonderry NH Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section Who's your favorite past president? Lincoln, ...Stand in their shoes and have great empathy and great feeling for his fellow man....	x
2007-11-14 Nov		Candidates at Google - Barack Obama @ youtube (new)	2007-11-14 - Candidates at Google - Barack Obama Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section	x
2007-11-28 Nov		Michelle Obama - Indianola Iowa @ c-span .flv (new) @ c-span .rm (new)	2007-11-28 - Michelle Obama - Indianola Iowa Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section ... and open-mindedness and faith and empathy, and it's funny that we live in a... ... we are suffering from the deficit of empathy and that is where you get back to that...	x
2007-12-20 Dec		Michelle Obama - Fairfield IW @ google .flv (new)	2007-12-20 - Michelle Obama - Fairfield IW Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section	x
2007-12-31 Dec		Michelle Obama - Grinnell Iowa @ c-span .flv (new) @ c-span .rm (new)	2007-12-31- Michelle Obama - Grinnell Iowa Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section debt -- tremendous deficit of empathy. we have lost the understanding that.	x
2007-12-31 Dec		Michelle Obama at the Iowa Veterans Home, Marshalltown Monday, December 31, 2007?	Michelle Obama at the Iowa Veterans Home, Marshalltown. "We are suffering as a nation because we suffer a deficit of empathy."
2008-01-06 Jan		Michelle Obama - Plymouth NH @ c-span .flv (new) @ c-span .rm (new)	2008-01-06 - Michelle Obama - Plymouth NH Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section We have a deficit of empathy. We have a mutual obligation.	x
2008-01-20 Jan		King Day at Ebenezer Baptist Church The Great Need of the Hour Atlanta, GA @ youtube @ barackobama.com	2008-01-20 - King Day at Ebenezer Baptist Church Text & Vid Source - Text B Source 2 - Local Copy - Empathy Section I'm talking about a moral deficit. I'm talking about an empathy deficit. I'm taking about an inability to recognize ourselves in one another; to understand that we are our brother's keeper; we are our sister's keeper;	x	p
2008-01-21 Jan		King Day at The Dome Columbia, SC. @ youtube	2008-01-21 - King Day at The Dome Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section I'm talking about an empathy deficit that exists. I'm talking about an inability to recognize ourselves in each other, to understand that we are our brother's keeper, that we are our sister's keeper, that, in the words of Dr. King, we are all tied together in a single garment of destiny. We have an empathy deficit when we're still sending our children down corridors of shame instead of corridors of opportunity, not just in South Carolina but all across the United States of America.	x
2008-01-29 Jan	A B	Reclaiming the American Dream El Dorado, KS @ barackobama.com A (full video is here)	2008-01-29 - Reclaiming the American Dream Text & Vid Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section This will not be easy. Because the change we seek will not just come from overcoming the ingrained and destructive habits of Washington, it will require overcoming our own fears and our own doubts. It will require each of us to do our part in closing the moral deficit - the empathy deficit - that exists in this nation. It will take standing in one another's shoes and remembering that we are our brother's keeper; we are our sister's keeper.	x vx	p
2008-01-29 Jan		@ youtube B - (what is the difference between these 2 speeches?) El Dorado, KS	2008-01-29 - Barack Obama at Butler Community College Washington, it will require overcoming our own fears and our own doubts. It will require each of us to do our part in closing the moral deficit - the empathy deficit - that exists in this nation. It will	x
2008-03-02 Mar		Westerville OH - Town Hall Meeting @ youtube	2008-03-02 - Westerville OH - Town Hall Meeting Says he will choose Supreme Court Judges with heart and empathy.
2008-02-03 Feb		Michelle Obama UCLA Rally @ c-span @ barackobama.com @ youtube (new)	2008-02-03 - Michelle Obama UCLA Rally Text & Vid Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section We are suffering from a deficit of empathy. We have lost the understanding that in a democracy we have a mutual obligation...	x
2008-03-13 Mar		Michelle Obama - Villanova Pennsylvania @ c-span .flv (new) @ c-span .rm	2008-03-13 - Michelle Obama - Villanova Pennsylvania Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section Suffering, he says, from a deficit of empathy. This is why I am here..	x
2008-04-02 Apr		Michelle Obama - Carnegie Mellon - Pittsburgh PA @ youtube (new)	2008-04-02 - Michelle Obama - Carnegie Mellon - Pittsburgh PA Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section What Barack understands is that we are suffering from a deficit of empathy. Now, see, that sounds simple, and some people think that all the answers are complex; they require some mathematical equation, some big, long ten-point plan. What Barack gets is that we have lost the understanding that we have a mutual stake in one another. That we have an obligation to sacrifice and compromise for one another.	x
2008-03-18 Mar		Philadelphia: A More Perfect Union @ youtube	2008-03-18 - Philadelphia - A More Perfect Union Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section (More Perfect Union - patriotism means more caring)	x	p
2008-03-19 Mar		Anderson Cooper Interview @ youtube (need better clip of this interview, it has a squashed look)	2008-03-19 - Anderson Cooper Interview Text? Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section I think is the core of patriotism, which is, you know, are we caring for each other? Are we upholding the values of our founders? Are we willing to sacrifice on behalf of future generations? (Patriotism starts with people caring about each other)	x	p
2008-03-19 Mar		Anderson Cooper Interview (copy 2) (need to find link to this)		x
2008-04-01 Apr		Ann Currie Interview Today Show @ msn	2008-04-01 - Ann Currie Interview Today Show Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section Text: most important thing your mother taught you, Obama says empathy. Putting yourself in someone else's shoes.	x
2008-05-02 May		Michelle Obama -Town Hall - Durham NC @ c-span (new)	2008-05-02 - Michelle Obama - Town Hall Meeting - Durham NC Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section	x
2008-05-25 May		Wesleyan Commencement Ceremony @ google @ youtube - ver 2A at 5:30 B, C	2008-05-25 - Wesleyan Commencement Ceremony Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section But during my first two years of college, perhaps because the values my mother had taught me –hard work, honesty, empathy – had resurfaced after a long hibernation; or perhaps because of the example of wonderful teachers and lasting friends, I began to notice a world beyond myself.	x	p
2008-05-31 May		Obama Church Resignation @ c-span (new)	2008-05-31 - Obama Church Resignation Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section have them treat you, in the sense of empathy and a belief in the golden rule.	x
2008-06-15 Jun		Father's Day Speech Apostolic Church of God, Chicago, IL @ youtube @ c-span (new)	2008-06-15 - Father's Day Speech Apostolic Church Chicago Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section fathers is pass along the value of empathy to our children. Not sympathy, but empathy – the ability to stand in somebody else's shoes; to look at the world through their eyes.	x	P
2008-07-10 Jul	(need video)	Remarks of Senator Barack Obama: Joint Event with Senator Hillary Clinton	2008-07-10 - Remarks Joint Event with Senator Hillary Clinton Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section But the Supreme Court also affects women's lives in so many other ways – from decisions on equal pay, to workplace discrimination, to Title IX, to domestic violence, to civil rights and workers' rights. And the question we face in this election is whether we'll have judges who demonstrate sound judgment and empathy, who understand how law operates in our daily lives, who are committed to upholding the values at the core of our Constitution – or judges who put ideology before justice, with our fundamental rights as the first casualty. (ap may have)		p
2008-08-05 Aug		A&E Biography Barack Obama @ google	2008-08-05 - A&E Biography Barack Obama Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section (check for empathy quotes, are none, it's more historical bio)	x
2008-08-16 Aug		Saddleback Civil Forum on the Presidency @ youtube - empathy section @ youtube - full interview @ trevinwax.com	2008-08-16 - Saddleback Civil Forum on the Presidency Text & Vid Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section Warren: tell me in a minute why you want to be president. OBAMA: You know, I remember what my mother used to tell me. I was talking to somebody a while back, and I said, the one time that she'd get really angry with me is if she ever thought that I was being mean to somebody or unfair to somebody. She said, imagine standing in their shoes, imagine looking through their eyes. That basic idea of empathy.	x
2008-08-28 Aug		Barack Obama at the 2008 DNC The American Promise @ youtube	2008-08-28 - Barack Obama at the 2008 DNC Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section No direct use of the word empathy but the sentiment is used. our destiny is inextricably linked. That together, our dreams can be one. "We cannot walk alone,"	x
2008-08-28 Aug		2008 DNC: Barack Obama Tribute Biography Video @ youtube	2008-08-28 - 2008 DNC: Barack Obama Tribute Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section 1. The only time I ever saw my mother really angry is when she saw cruelty, when she saw somebody being bullied or somebody being treated differently because of who they were. And, if she saw me doing that, she would be furious. And she would say to me: "Imagine standing in that person's shoes. How would that make you feel?" That simple idea, I'm not sure I always understood when I was a kid, but it stayed with me. 2. What I want is a family that is transmitting the values I inherited, the values that Michelle inherited to the next generation: hard work, honesty, self-reliance, respect for other people, a sense of empathy, kindness, faith.	x
2008-09-17 Sept		Steve Kroft - 60 Minutes interview Elko, NV @ cbsNews	2008-09-17 - Steve Kroft - 60 Minutes interview - Elko NV Text part 1 - Text part 2 Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section That sense of putting' yourself in somebody else's shoes, and seeing through their eyes. And what's shaped me most powerfully -- maybe because I'm half black and half white -- that a big chunk of my childhood, I was sort of an outsider, didn't quite fit anywhere.	x
2008-10-20 Oct		Pinay girl writes to Obama, gets response	2008-10-20 - Pinay girl writes to Obama Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section “If you don't already know what it means, I want you to look up the word ‘empathy' in the dictionary. I believe we don't have enough empathy in our world today, and it is up to your generation to change that.”
2008-10-23 Oct		Maya on Her and Barack's Mother @ youtube	2008-10-23 - Maya on Her and Baracks Mother Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section Maya says Barack learned empathy from their mother. Maya, "She was the most empathetic person I know and she encouraged that in Barack, I think, and she is the one that gave him his ability to connect with so many people. "	x
2009-02-05 Feb		National Prayer Breakfast - Washington DC @ youtube (new) @ c-span (new)	2009-02-05 - National Prayer Breakfast - Washington DC Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section the golden rule, the call to love one another, to understand one another, to treat with dignity and respect those with whom we share a brief moment on this Earth.	x
2009-04-23 Apr		US Holocaust Museum -Washington DC @ youtube (new) @ c-span (new)	2009-04-23 - US Holocaust Museum -Washington DC Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section	x
2009-05-01 May		Pres Obama on Souter Retirement @ youtube (new) @ c-span (new)	2009-05-01 - Pres Obama on Souter Retirement Text Source - Local - Empathy Section I view that quality of empathy, of understanding and identifying with people's hopes and struggles as an essential ingredient for arriving as just decisions and outcomes.	x
2009-05-17 May		University Notre Dame Indiana Commencement @ cnn (new) @ c-span (new)	2009-05-17 - University Notre Dame Indiana Commencement Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section I was not raised in a particularly religious household, but my mother instilled in me a sense of service and empathy that eventually led me to become a community organizer after I graduated college.	x
2009-05-22 May		C-SPAN Library Interview @ youtube (new) @ c-span (new)	2009-05-22 - C-SPAN Library Interview Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section And you know, I said earlier, that I thought empathy was an important quality and I continue to believe that. You have to have not only the intellect to be able to effectively apply the law to cases before you. But you have to be able to stand in somebody else's shoes and see through their eyes and get a sense of how the law might work or not work in practical day-to-day living.	x

2009-06-13 Jun		Obama - Television Correspondents Dinner @ Youtube (new)	2009-06-19 - Obama - Television Correspondents Dinner Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section I’m proud of my nominee, Sonia Sotomayor. And all those who oppose her, to all those who say that there’s no place for empathy on the bench, I say this: I completely understand how you’re feeling. When you’re upset, I’m upset.	x
2009-08-31 Aug		Addiction Recovery Month	2009-08-31 - Addiction Recovery Month Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section During National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month, we also pay special tribute to the dedicated professionals and everyday citizens who, with skill and empathy, guide people through the treatment and recovery process. Across America, they are offering a message of hope and understanding.
2009-09-09 Sep		Health Care Speech to Congress @ MSNBC video	2009-09-09 - Health Care Speech to Congress Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section That large-heartedness -- that concern and regard for the plight of others -- is not a partisan feeling. It's not a Republican or a Democratic feeling. It, too, is part of the American character -- our ability to stand in other people's shoes; a recognition that we are all in this together, and when fortune turns against one of us, others are there to lend a helping hand; a belief that in this country, hard work and responsibility should be rewarded by some measure of security and fair play;	x
2009-09-18 Sep		Warm Wishes for Rosh Hashanah @ youtube	2009-09-18 - Warm Wishes for Rosh Hashanah Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section "At the dawn of this New Year, let us rededicate ourselves to that work. Let us reject the impulse to harden ourselves to others’ suffering, and instead make a habit of empathy – of recognizing ourselves in each other and extending our compassion to those in need. Let us resist prejudice, intolerance, and indifference in whatever forms they may take -- let us stand up strongly to the scourge of anti-Semitism, which is still prevalent in far too many corners of our world.	x
2009-10-14 Oct		2009-10-14 - President Obama Observes Diwali @ youtube final	2009-10-14 - President Obama Observes Diwali Text Source - Local Copy - Empathy Section we remember those who are less fortunate, .... and at this sacred time of year let us join together across denominations, religions and cultures to make a habit of empathy and reach out to those most in need. To share the blessings we enjoy and to advance the cause of peace in all corners of our world.

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