American people Quotes by Barack Obama

I promised Id fight every single day on behalf of the American people. I've kept that promise.

— Barack Obama

I refuse to give in to the notion that the American people can't handle complicated information.

— Barack Obama

I know the good, and optimistic, and big-hearted generosity of the American people.

— Barack Obama

I'd like to think that "President Obama believed deeply in this democracy and the American people."

— Barack Obama

My abiding faith in the American people is undiminished. That's still what drives me every single day.

— Barack Obama

The American people are both anxious for change. We're in a time of flux.

— Barack Obama

I look at what we need to get done to keep the American people safe and to move our interests forward.

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I'm going to tell the American people what I believe will make this country great.

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On behalf of the American people, just let me say that we are proud to count Greece as one of our closest…

— Barack Obama

I don't have a philosophical objection, necessarily, to a travel ban if that is the thing that is going to keep the…

— Barack Obama

I have complete confidence in the American people and our legal traditions and the prosecutors, the tough prosecutors from New York who…

— Barack Obama

I think the American people, you know, they're going to want that new car smell. They want to drive something off the…

— Barack Obama

The problem is, that we've got a position, often times by the NRA that says any regulation whatsoever is the camel's nose…

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I think we've done a pretty good job staying in touch with the American people. But at a certain point you can't…

— Barack Obama

I know the American people. I've met a lot of them. I've met a lot more of them than any columnist has,…

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My central focus is what are we doing to protect the American people and the American homeland? Afghanistan and Pakistan are critical…

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The president [Barack Obama] understands that the country's very concerned about [terrorism] issue. And I think what you're going to hear from…

— Barack Obama

Boston is a tough and resilient town. So are its people. I'm supremely confident that Bostonians will pull together, take care of…

— Barack Obama

The American people and the Israeli peoples share a faith in the future and believe that democracies can shape their own destinies…

— Barack Obama

When you start just focusing exclusively on trying to tear the other person down instead of what you are going to do…

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I'll go anywhere and I'll do whatever it takes to get this done. It's too important for Washington to screw this up.…

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We should never hesitate to use military force, and I will not, as president, in order to keep the American people safe.…

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The other thing is going to be me being able to show not just the American people or the Israeli people but…

— Barack Obama

One of the things we're going to have to discuss and debate is how are we striking this balance between the need…

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“Tonight, I say to the American people, to Democrats and Republicans and Independents across this great land: enough! This moment, this election…

— Barack Obama

For we have a choice in this country. We can accept a politics that breeds division, and conflict, and cynicism. We can…

— Barack Obama

...I believe deeply that we canot solve the challenges of your time unless we solve them together - unless we perfect our…

— Barack Obama

Our goal is to have a country that's not divided by race. And my impression, as I travel around the country, is…

— Barack Obama

What the American people hope -– what they deserve -– is for all of us, Democrats and Republicans, to work through our…

— Barack Obama

My job is to communicate to the American people that the Muslim world is filled with extraordinary people who simply want to…

— Barack Obama

I don't believe that the American people want us to focus on our job security. They want us to focus on their…

— Barack Obama

The American people are not expecting miracles. I think if you talk to the average person right now that they would say,…

— Barack Obama

“This election is about the past vs. the future. It's about whether we settle for the same divisions and distractions and drama…

— Barack Obama

The American people are going to have a good choice.

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My first job as commander in chief is to keep the American people safe.

— Barack Obama

“unwillingness to make hard choices and live up to our own ideals doesn’t just undermine U.S. credibility in the eyes of the…

— Barack Obama

I think it's true that we shouldn't apply a strict litmus test and the most important thing in any judge is their…

— Barack Obama

My first job as commander in chief is to keep the American people safe, and that's what we've done over the last…

— Barack Obama

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

I have to make the very best judgments I can make in terms of what's gonna keep the American people safe. And…

— Barack Obama