Donald Trump is somebody who I think likes to mix it up and to have a vigorous debate. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We have a choice. We can shape our future, or let events shape it for us. And if we want to succeed,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You and I, as citizens, have the obligation to shape the debates of our time, not only with the votes we cast,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If John McCain wants to have a debate about who has the temperament, and judgment, to serve as the next Commander-in-Chief, that's… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If we’re going to have arguments, let’s have arguments — but let’s make them debates worthy of this body and worthy of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There's a reason why the NRA's not here. They're just down the street. And since this is the main reason they exist,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
After a century of striving, after a year of debate, after a historic vote, health care reform is no longer an unmet… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
At various periods in American history, people get pretty rambunctious when it comes to our democratic debate. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
For now, decisions are upon us and we cannot afford delay. We cannot mistake absolutism for principle or substitute spectacle for politics,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Sometimes I wonder how much of these debates have to do with the desire, the legitimate desire, for that history to be… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The president and the executive branch are always going to have greater latitude and greater authority when it comes to protecting America… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
All across the world, ...increasingly dangerous weather patterns and devastating storms are abruptly putting an end to the long-running debate over whether… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Now, at times this issue has tended to degenerate into an 'either-or' type of debate. Either we protect our people from terror… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
One of the things we're going to have to discuss and debate is how are we striking this balance between the need… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If we're not vigilant foreign countries can have an impact on the political debate in the United States in ways that might… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. America has a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
This is something that I'm sure I'd have serious debates with my fellow Christians about. I think that the difficult thing about… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We are unique among advanced countries that we don't have universal health care. My hope was that I was able to get… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Secularists are wrong when they ask believers to leave their religion at the door before entering into the public square. Frederick Douglass,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In the course of a healthy debate, we prioritize different goals, and the different means of reaching them. But without some common… — 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
What is true, and I think that we can't deny it, is that some of the same concerns about globalization, about technology,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The fact that there is a robust debate in Congress is good. The fact that the debate sometimes seems unanchored to facts… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The shift to a cleaner energy economy wont happen overnight, and it will require tough choices along the way. But the debate… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Progress does not compel us to settle centuries-long debates about the role of government for all time, but it does require us… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There are gonna be a core set of values that shouldn't be up for debate. Should be our north star. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Of course, there's been a real debate about where to invest and where to cut, and I'm committed to working with members… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I am convinced that whenever we exaggerate or demonize, oversimplify or overstate our case, we lose. Whenever we dumb down the political… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Number one, it is absolutely critical that we tone down the rhetoric when it comes to the immigration debate, because there has… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What you saw was the people of New York having a debate, talking through these issues. It was contentious; it was emotional;… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The strongest democracies flourish from frequent and lively debate, but they endure when people of every background and belief find a way… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure... It is a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Every decision, every debate, no matter how important it is, with the same question: 'What does this mean for the next election?… — 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
