We are in what we hope is an intensive diplomatic phase now. It will not be open-ended. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We built this country by making things, by producing goods we could sell. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I never understood that line. The point was to inhale. That was the point. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Winnie the Pooh seems to me to be a fundamental text on national security. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Right now I would rank Norway as the largest country in the world, I have never seen anything like it — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I don't want to make decisions about what I'm eating or wearing. Because I have too many other decisions to make. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You can't always come up with the optimal solution, but you can usually come up with a better solution. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
They say I need to be seasoned; they say I need to be stewed. They say, 'We need to boil all the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The theater is necessary. Dance is necessary. Song is necessary. The arts are necessary- they are a necessary part of our lives — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
[A]lthough the principle of equality has always been self-evident, it has never been self-executing. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“We will restore science to its rightful place and wield technology's wonders to raise health care's quality and lower its cost.” — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We've got a lot of work to do economically in this country to bring about a more just and fair economy. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We are an American family and we rise and fall together as one nation. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Where you are right now doesn't have to determine where you'll end up — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The greatest danger of all is to allow new walls to divide us from one another — 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