Millions of us, myself included, go back generations in this country, with ancestors who put in the painstaking work to become citizens.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I find it amusing that those who helped to authorize and engineer the biggest foreign policy disaster in our generation are now… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think I did in the sense that there's a whole generation coming up behind us that was engaged, inspired, worked for… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I intend to protect a free and open internet, extend its reach to every classroom, and every community, and help folks build… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In your generation, everybody is constantly bombarded with all kinds of different input from different cultures, and that's a strength, that's a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You are part of the first generation of officers to begin your service in a world where the effects of climate change… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
And so you [young Americans]need to be the Idea Generation. The generation who's always thinking on the cutting edge, who's wondering how… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The amount of interaction, the amount of understanding that exists in your generation among people of different races and different creeds and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Ultimately, peace is just not about politics. It's about attitudes; about a sense of empathy; about breaking down the divisions that we… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The next phase and this is part of what I'm interested in doing after I get out of the presidency is to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
That's when America soars, when we look out for one another and we take care of each other, when we root for… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Today, we are closer to fulfilling America's promise of economic and social justice because we stand on the shoulders of giants like… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
So how do Latinos feel if there's a big investment just in the African American community, and they're looking around and saying,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The issue of climate change is one that we ignore at our own peril. There may still be disputes about exactly how… — 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 can't afford to stand pat while the world races by. The United States of America did not become the most prosperous… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It is that promise that has always set this country apart-that through hard work and sacrifice, each of us can pursue our… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Now let's make two things clear: ISIL is not 'Islamic.' No religion condones the killing of innocents, and the vast majority of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity. We will respond… — 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
I am absolutely certain that generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When you look at what [new generation] believe in, how they value diversity, how they believe in science, how they care about… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope. For when we have faced down impossible… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
As tough as things have been, I am convinced you are tougher. I've seen your passion and I've seen your service. I've… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Mr Speaker, Mr Vice President, members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans, last month I went to Andrews Air Force Base… — 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