We do not believe that in this country, freedom is reserved for the lucky, or happiness for the few. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Today we continue a never ending journey to bridge the meaning of those words with the realities of our time. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We, the people, still believe that every citizen deserves a basic measure of security and dignity. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Our values call upon us to care about the lives of people we will never meet.” — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
That is our generation's task, to make these works, these rights, these values of life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You and I, as citizens, have the obligation to shape the debates of our time, not only with the votes we cast,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We the people declare today that the most evident of truth that all of us are created equal ... that our individual… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
... our interests and our conscience compel us to act on behalf of those who long for freedom. And we must be… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Our journey is not complete until all our children ... know that they are cared for and cherished and always safe from harm. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
For history tells us that while these truths may be self-evident, they've never been self-executing. That while freedom is a gift from… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
But we reject the belief that America must choose between caring for the generation that built this country and investing in the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We, the people, understand that our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Let us each of us now embrace with solemn duty, and awesome joy, what is our lasting birthright. With common effort and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What makes us exceptional, what makes us America is our allegiance to an idea articulated in a declaration made more than two… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Together we resolve that a great nation must care for the vulnerable and protect its people from life's worst hazards and misfortune. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
For we have always understood that when times change, so must we, that fidelity to our founding principles requires new responses to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Not out of mere charity, but because peace in our time requires the constant advance of those principles that our common creed… — 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
