SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he tried to build a culture centered around problem-solving and not personal gain while in the White House — an effective strategy for any organization that also prevents 'big scandals and indictments.'
1 / 2FILE - This Feb. 19, 2019 file photo shows former President Barack Obama speaking at the My Brother's Keeper Alliance Summit in Oakland, Calif. In remarks before a business conference in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, March 6, 2019, Obama says he tried to build a culture centered around problem-solving and not personal gain during his time in the White House. He said on Wednesday it was an effective strategy for any organization that also prevents big scandals and indictments.
"Things like rule of law, democracy and you know, competence and facts; those things are not partisan, but they also don't happen automatically," Obama said."There has to be citizens who insist on it and participate to make sure it happens. Democracy is a garden that has to be tended." The remark triggered loud applause and laughter before Obama responded:"Thank you. We have a fact-based crowd here. That's good.""People want their own facts that are suited to their opinions rather than shaping their opinions around facts," Obama said.
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