We shouldn't assume that government is always trying to do the wrong thing. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My particular passion for Lincoln dates back from my earliest memories of politics. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I'm always suspicious of politics dividing people instead of bringing them together. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I believe moderates will need to be driven out in order to usher in the progressive era. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Millions of Americans who work hard & play by the rules every day deserve a government and a financial system that does… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Politics has never been for the thin-skinned or the faint-of-heart, and if you enter the arena, you should expect to get roughed… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Obviously [my daughters] - and Michelle - have made a lot of sacrifices on behalf of my cockamamie ideas, the running for… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We cannot mistake absolutism for principle, or substitute spectacle for politics, or treat name-calling as reasoned debate. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Politics, differences of religion or race, all that fades away when we are confronted with the awesome power of nature, and we're… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether government works. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
A better politics is one where we appeal to each other’s basic decency instead of our basest fears. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Illinois preschoolers were temporarily saved from the debilitating effects of cereal and milk.” — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
As I've said many times, the nuclear deal was never intended to resolve all of our differences with Iran. But still, engaging… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The federal government and our democracy is not a speedboat. It's an oceanliner, as I discovered when I came into office. It… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I've said many times around the world that like any government, like any country, like, any set of human institutions, we have… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I was able to excite and engage people who previously hadn't been involved in politics, and part of the reason that I… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I've been struck by how hungry we all are for a different kind of politics. So I've spent some time thinking about… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I'll be honest, there have been times when I've listened to the rhetoric in Europe where an easy equivalent somehow between the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Poorly secured nuclear material in the former Soviet Union, or secrets from a scientist in Pakistan could help build a bomb that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We're leaving behind a sovereign, stable and self-reliant Iraq with a representative government that was elected by its people. We're building a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The government of Libya announced the death of Moammar Gadhafi. This marks the end of a long and painful chapter for the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We do have to balance this issue of privacy and security. Those who pretend that there's no balance that has to be… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I found during the course of my political career on the national scene there's a point where the vanity burns away and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Rather than me sort of characterize the appropriateness or inappropriateness of what Donald Trump is doing at the moment, I think what… — 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
“faith doesn't mean that you don't have doubts... [you] still experience the same greed, resentment, lust, and anger that everyone else experienced...… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“This election is about the past vs. the future. It's about whether we settle for the same divisions and distractions and drama… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
To the extent that our political dialogue is such where everything is under suspicion, everybody is corrupt and everybody is doing things… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When our government is spoken of as some menacing, threatening, foreign entity, it ignores the fact that in our democracy, government is… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Let's agree, right here, right now, to keep the peoples government open and pay our bills on time. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My finely honed political instincts tell me that almost nobody believes that they should be paying higher taxes. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
As president, I decided that a strong, confident America could advance our national security by engaging directly with the Iranian government. We've… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I guarantee that there is no political influence in any investigation conducted by the Justice Department or the FBI, not just in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Nobody's madder than me about the website not working as well as it should, which means it's going to get fixed. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Government without a tough and vibrant media is not an option for the United States of America. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Contrary to the rumors you have heard, I was not born in a manger. I was actually born on Krypton and sent… — 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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