Sanctions alone could not stop Iran's nuclear program. But they did help bring Iran to the negotiating table. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you actually took the number of Muslims Americans, we'd be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Moammar Gadhafi had more American blood on his hands than any individual other than Osama bin Laden. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The United States will do what we must to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
America is not - and never will be - at war with Islam. We will, however, relentlessly confront violent extremists. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Palestinians will never realize their independence by denying the right of Israel to exist, — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My core goal is to dismantle, defeat, destroy al Qaeda and its allies that killed Americans and are still plotting to go… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We've said to the Iranians all along . . . we still remain open to diplomacy. But it's been very clear that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We all know a lot of people who died in 9/11, the World Trade Center. A lot of money funding that mission… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Four years ago, I promised to end the war in Iraq. We did. I promised to refocus on the terrorists who attacked… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think there are hard-liners inside of Iran that think it is the right thing to do to oppose us, to seek… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We cannot tolerate a nuclear Iran. It would be a game changer. Not only would it threaten Israel, a country that is… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We have a historic opportunity to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons in Iran, and to do so peacefully, with the international… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I have made it a top priority for my administration to deepen cooperation with Israel across the whole spectrum of security issues… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think that there is a particular mindset that was on display in the run-up to the Iraq war that continues to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Jason Rezaian is coming home. A courageous journalist for The Washington Post who wrote about the daily lives and hopes of the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
No matter how long it takes, the United States will find and bring to justice the terrorists who are responsible for Kayla's… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Essentially, Iran was sanctioned because of what had happened at Fordow, its unwillingness to comply with previous U.N. security resolutions about their… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Despite all the noise and hullabaloo - military cooperation, intelligence cooperation, all of that has continued. We have defended them consistently in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Even as we implement the nuclear deal and welcome our Americans home, we recognize that there remain about differences between the United… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
How we think about terrorism has to be defined and specific enough that it doesn't lead us to think that any horrible… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I do think that it is impossible for us to think only in terms of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and not think in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We know that ISIL and other terrorist groups are actively encouraging people, around the world and in our country, to commit terrible… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
That may prevent us from getting a deal done, It is there to be had. Whether ultimately Iran can seize that opportunity… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I don't regret at all saying that if I saw Bashar al-Assad using chemical weapons on his people that that would change… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
On Syria, it's clear that the indiscriminate attacks on civilians by the [Bashar] Assad regime and Russia will only worsen the humanitarian… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The Gulf States are extraordinarily suspicious of Iran for good reason. They view Iran as meddling in their affairs. They have seen… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It's time to "stop being ambivalent." ... They (groups like the Islamic State) have no ideology beyond violence and chaos and the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What we can do is make sure that Afghanistan is not a safe haven for Al Qaeda. What we can do it… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Iran is a state sponsor of terrorism. And for them to be able to provide nuclear technology to non-state actors, that's unacceptable. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The Bush Administration's failure to be consistently involved in helping Israel achieve peace with the Palestinians has been both wrong for our… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There's no way to resolve Syria without Iran being involved, given its financing of Assad and the fact that Hezbollah is probably… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Iran is the latest expression of a deep, ancient, powerful culture that's different than ours. And we don't know how it's going… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you look at the current Mosul campaign against ISIL, for example the few thousand troops that we have there to support… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Singapore was the very first South-east Asian nation to join the global coalition against ISIL (ISIS) coalition, and we'll work to sustain… — 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
The borders of Israel and Palestine should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps, so that secure and recognized… — 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
If somebody was sending rockets into my house, where my two daughters sleep at night, I’m going to do everything in my… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The challenge there is that ISIL doesn't have an air force, so the damage done there is not against ISIL, it's against… — 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
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