The fact is every single day in the ordinary American people, America's families have to make decisions about their families and that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I've called Chicago home for nearly 25 years. It's a city of broad shoulders and big hearts and bold dreams; a city… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We will continue to deepen our engagement using every element of American power - diplomacy, military, economic development, the power of our… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Tonight, with a new Iraqi government in place, and following consultations with allies abroad and Congress at home, I can announce that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.”b” — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Nobody said democracies supposed to be easy. It's hard. And in a big country like America, it probably should be hard. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There's nothing that America can't handle if we actually look squarely at the problem. ...Change depends on our actions. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Today, the United States of America is less dependent on foreign oil than at any time in the last two decades. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
No other advanced nation endures this kind of violence. None. Here in America, the murder rate is three times what it is… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Republicans in Congress have two choices here: They can act responsibly and pay America's bills, or they can act irresponsibly and put… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The answers to our problems don't lie beyond our reach. They exist in our laboratories and universities; in our fields and our… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I have to say that my kids, like every child in America, is completely absorbed with Harry Potter. And so, I have… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The most frustrated and most stymied it is the fact that the United States of America is the one advanced nation on… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
America is an unlikely place - a country built on defiance of the odds; on a belief in the impossible. And I… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Our friends at the Republican convention were more than happy to talk about everything they think is wrong with America, but they… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The idea of America endures. Our destiny remains our choice. And tonight, more than two centuries later, it is because of our… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
America can do whatever we set our mind to. That is the story of our history, whether it's the pursuit of prosperity… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The role of government has never been to plan every detail or dictate every outcome. At its best, government has simply knocked… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We Americans are not an inherently more violent people than folks in other countries. We're not inherently more prone to mental health… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
For all the noise and anger that too often surrounds the immigration debate, America has nothing to fear from today's immigrants. They… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Here's the truth: the Soviet Union had thousands of nuclear weapons, and Iran doesn't have a single one. But when the world… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
This kind of inequality - a level we haven't seen since the Great Depression - hurts us all. When middle-class families can… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I still don't feel responsible for what Donald Trump says or does. But I do feel a responsibility as president of the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The path towards sustainable energy sources will be long and sometimes difficult. But America cannot resist this transition, we must lead it.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The basic American promise that if you work hard, you could do well enough to raise a family, own a home, send… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Specifically, the part where in the early 19th century America reconstituted the U.S. Marine Corps to battle the Islamic Barbary Pirates, though… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It is our generation's task...to reignite the true engine of America's economic growth...a rising, thriving middle class. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Islam has always been a part of America's story...and since our founding, American Muslims have enriched the United States. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Markets will rise and fall, but this is the United States of America. No matter what some agency may say, we've always… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
But I'm here to say that when we do speak out, we're going to do so because the United States of America… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I will call not just on Israel, but on the Palestinians, on the Arab States, and the international community to join us… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There is enormous continuity beneath the day-to-day news that makes America that indispensable nation when it comes to maintaining order and promoting… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think Ronald Reagan changed the trajectory of America in a way that Richard Nixon did not and in a way that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The UK is an extraordinary partner for America and a force for good in an unstable world. I hope it remains strong,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Know that America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman, and child who seeks a future of peace and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
This idea that America is somehow on the verge of collapse, this vision of violence and chaos everywhere, doesn't really jibe with… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
A nuclear Iran is a threat to America's national security, and it is a threat to Israel's national security. We cannot afford… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Black children, white children, Latino children. America is becoming more diverse, it's becoming more tolerant as a consequence there's more interactions between… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Al Qaeda, the Taliban, a whole host of networks that are bent on attacking America, who have a distorted ideology, who have… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The ideas of ancient Greece helped inspire America's founding fathers as they reached for democracy. Our revolutionary ideas helped inspire Greeks as… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
So here's what I want you to know, and here's what I want all our men and women in uniform to know: Because of… — Barack Obama Copy Share
As opposed to getting into arguments about, well, these folks have been treated fairly so now we're going to be doing things that, very… — Barack Obama Copy Share
What we've said to the girls is: 'If you guys ever decide that you're going to get a tattoo, then mommy and me will… — Barack Obama Copy Share
All of us take offense to anyone who reaps the rewards of living in America without taking on the responsibilities of living in America.… — Barack Obama Copy Share
The world is complicated and full of grays, but there's still truth there to be found. — Barack Obama Copy Share
That is another theme in the book [Dreams from My Father]. How do we exercise more empathy in our public discourse? How do we… — Barack Obama Copy Share
I can say across Europe that many principles that have been taken for granted here around free speech, and around civil liberties and an… — Barack Obama Copy Share
So Americans understand the costs of war. Yet as a country, we will never tolerate our security being threatened, nor stand idly by when… — Barack Obama Copy Share
I want to thank the Greek people publicly for their humanitarian response to the crisis of so many migrants and refugees seeking safety in… — Barack Obama Copy Share
We had a farewell dinner for some of my senior staff, and generally everybody likes to talk about how cool I was. — Barack Obama Copy Share
It's good to get fresh legs in [the White house]. I think that it refreshes our democracy. — Barack Obama Copy Share
Believe it or not, entertainment is part of our American diplomacy, it is part of what makes us exceptional, part of what makes us… — Barack Obama Copy Share