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
If you're an American and you are, you know, subscribing to the ideals and the creed and the values that we believe… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“So, let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“that spirit of liberty didn’t extend, in the minds of the Founders, to the slaves who worked their fields, made their beds,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It was not a religion that attacked us that September day. It was al-Qaeda. We will not sacrifice the liberties we cherish… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I try to explain to them about the aloha spirit. And it's that spirit that I am absolutely convinced is what America… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Alongside my own deep personal faith, I am a follower, as well, of our civic religion. I am a big believer in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Shooting in Orlando is a sobering reminder that attacks on any American, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation, is an… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“That was the best of the American spirit, I thought--having the audacity to believe despite all the evidence to the contrary that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Where we get into problems, typically, is when our personal religious faith, or the community of faith that we participate in, tips… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I believe in evolution, scientific inquiry, and global warming; I believe in free speech, whether politically correct or politically incorrect, and I… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The goal of this office will not be to favor one religious group over another - or even religious groups over secular… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“we believe ourselves to be a tolerant people even as racial, religious, and cultural tensions roil the landscape. And instead of resolving… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There's something about the American spirit - inherent in the American spirit -- we don't hang on to the past. We always… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We think of faith as a source of comfort and understanding but find our expressions of faith sowing division; we believe ourselves… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The spirit's there and that's not just my imagination. I think if you look at surveys and attitudes among young people, you… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns into universal, rather than religion-specific, values. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You [Bill Maher] seem to have done alright with your TV show... I mean, I don't get a sense... to the extent… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If all it took was someone proclaiming I believe Jesus Christ and that he died for my sins, and that was all… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I'm not somebody who is always comfortable with language that implies I've got a monopoly on the truth, or that my faith… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The soldier 's courage and sacrifice is full of glory , expressing devotion to country , to cause, to comrades in arms.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We should foster a culture in which people's private religious beliefs, including atheists and agnostics, are respected. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
People in every country should be free to choose and live their faith based upon the persuasion of the mind, and the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I am a Christian. So, I have a deep faith. So I draw from the Christian faith...So, I'm rooted in the Christian… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Back in the '50s and '60s, most politicians were concerned about not talking about faith, partly because there were consequences you had… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When we start using religion as a bludgeon in politics, when we start questioning other people's faith, we start using religion to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Everybody deserves fair treatment, equal treatment in the eyes of the law and the state. And that includes gays, lesbians, transgender persons.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
This notion that's peddled by the religious right - that they are oppressed is not true. Sometimes it's a cynical ploy to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Those are values that help guide not just my family's Christian faith, but that of Jewish Americans, and Muslim Americans; nonbelievers and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Because our right to worship freely and safely, that right was denied to Christians in Charleston, South Carolina, and that was denied… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We should foster a culture in which people's private religious beliefs, including atheists and agnostics, are respected. And that's the kind of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Churches won't work with you, though, just out of the goodness of their hearts. They'll talk a good game-a sermon on Sunday,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There are a lot of very religious scientists around. I think the problem here is that in our school systems, and to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
They will tell you that the Americans who sleep in the streets and beg for food got there because they're all lazy… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My family, frankly, they weren't folks who went to church every week. My mother was one of the most spiritual people I… — 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