People Quotes by Barack Obama

Some people in D.C. talk about me like a dog.

— Barack Obama

We are a people of improbable hope.

— Barack Obama

To young people: you have to stay encouraged.

— Barack Obama

Ten thousand people died, an entire town destroyed.

— Barack Obama

Corporations aren't people. People are people!

— Barack Obama

I try to make it a rule not to meddle in other people's politics.

— Barack Obama

We must educate our children to become like young Egyptian people.

— Barack Obama

I wouldn't advise [people] to be silent.

— Barack Obama

Thanksgiving reminds us that no matter our differences, we're still one people, part of something bigger than ourselves.

— Barack Obama

We proved that we are still a people capable of doing big things and tackling our biggest challenges.

— Barack Obama

I'm suspicious of too much certainty in the pursuit of understanding just because I think people are limited in their understanding.

— Barack Obama

Operation Iraqi Freedom is over, and the Iraqi people now have lead responsibility for the security of their country

— Barack Obama

We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity.

— Barack Obama

I'm not denouncing the church, and I'm not interested in people who want me to denounce the church. It's not a church…

— Barack Obama

Now, more than ever, we must do these things together, as one nation, and one people.

— Barack Obama

Let's face it, I like Stanford grads. I'd always hear about this campus, and everybody is riding bikes, and people hopping into…

— Barack Obama

Keeping the people's government open is not a concession to me. Keeping vital service running and hundreds of thousands of Americans on…

— Barack Obama

What is true, though, is now we've got a bunch of videos that whatever side of the issue you're on, raises the…

— Barack Obama

We understand the concerns that people have with not only protecting our values, but our privacy interests as well. We think that…

— Barack Obama

This is America, and our commitment to religious freedom must be unshakeable. The principle that people of all faiths are welcome in…

— Barack Obama

That is the true genius of America, a faith in the simple dreams of its people, the insistence on small miracles. That…

— Barack Obama

America is not the crude stereotype of a self-interested empire. Given our interdependence, any world order that elevates one nation or group…

— Barack Obama

The people there, the community, the lessons that I learned -- they're all based right in this few square miles where we'll…

— Barack Obama

I get letters from [people getting insurance] right now. "You saved my child's life." "I did not have to sell my home…

— Barack Obama

[Fall of the Berlin Wall] is a reminder that the commitment of the United States, to Europe is enduring and it's rooted…

— Barack Obama

In Africa, you often see that the difference between a village where everybody eats and a village where people starve is government.…

— Barack Obama

Here in Europe some of the challenges have to do with structures that are so complicated. You've got Brussels, and you've got…

— Barack Obama

We can't discount how scary and shaken not just the Turkish government is, but Turkish society is. Imagine if you had some…

— Barack Obama

Few artists have influenced the sound and trajectory of popular music more distinctly, or touched quite so many people with their talent.…

— Barack Obama

The United States is doing our part by increasing the number of refugees we resettle and I want again to commend Angela…

— Barack Obama

I think that the risk to all the progress we've made was at stake in the election because not just the president-elect…

— Barack Obama

When you see a Donald Trump and a Bernie Sanders, very unconventional candidates, have considerable success, then obviously there's something there that's…

— Barack Obama

Our job as Americans is to restore that basic bargain that says, if you work hard, if you're willing to meet your…

— Barack Obama

The government of Libya announced the death of Moammar Gadhafi. This marks the end of a long and painful chapter for the…

— Barack Obama

Faced with the potential of mass atrocities and a call for help from the Libyan people, the United States and our friends…

— Barack Obama

I am a fierce supporter of domestic-partnership and civil-union laws. I am not a supporter of gay marriage as it has been…

— 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

When we were working on immigration reform and there was a young Latino man, young immigration activist here who, in the Roosevelt…

— Barack Obama

You got into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been…

— Barack Obama

We've now got a group of young people in this country who for all practical purposes are American. They grew up here.…

— Barack Obama