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# Quote of the Day
- URL: https://ivn.us/quote-of-the-day/
- Published: 2012-03-02T22:10:34.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-22T19:22:57.000Z
- Author: Jane Susskind
- Tags: News

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*“I think that the Israeli government recognizes that, as president of the United States, I don’t bluff. I also don’t, as a matter of sound policy, go around advertising exactly what our intentions are. But I think both the Iranian and the Israeli governments recognize that when the United States says it is unacceptable for Iran to have a nuclear weapon, we mean what we say.”*

*Barack Obama, [to the Atlantic Monthly](http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/03/obama-to-iran-and-israel-as-president-of-the-united-states-i-dont-bluff/253875/?ref=ivn.us)*