Security Quotes by Barack Obama

[America] will stand steadfast with Israel in pursuit of security and a lasting peace.

— Barack Obama

Winnie the Pooh seems to me to be a fundamental text on national security.

— Barack Obama

We, the people, still believe that every citizen deserves a basic measure of security and dignity.

— Barack Obama

We've been able to build up the Afghan security forces and stabilize it.

— Barack Obama

I will continue to believe that Israel's security is paramount.

— Barack Obama

Stock market risk is ok, but not for Social Security.

— Barack Obama

Israel is our friend, that we will assist in their security.

— Barack Obama

We reject the use of national security letters to spy on citizens who are not suspected of a crime.

— Barack Obama

I can say to the German people that the United States has been good for Germany. Has looked out for Germany. Has…

— Barack Obama

Peace is far more preferable to war. [...] I believe that peace is the only path to true security. [...] And there…

— Barack Obama

The greatest threat to U.S. and global security is no longer a nuclear exchange between nations, but nuclear terrorism by violent extremists…

— Barack Obama

I am the commander in chief of the United States armed forces, and Iraq is gonna have to ultimately provide for its…

— Barack Obama

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

— Barack Obama

We need to reduce our dependence on foreign oil by ending the subsidies for oil companies, and doubling down on clean energy…

— Barack Obama

For the sake of our security, our economy and our planet, we must have the courage and commitment to change.

— Barack Obama

We have now just enshrined, as soon as I sign this bill, the core principle that everybody should have some basic security…

— Barack Obama

This Administration also puts forward a false choice between the liberties we cherish and the security we demand... That means no more…

— Barack Obama

How you staff, particularly the chief of staff, the national security adviser, your White House counsel, how you set up a process…

— Barack Obama

The United States is imposing sanctions on individuals and companies working to advance Iran's ballistic missile program, and we are going to…

— Barack Obama

The alternative, no limits on Iran's nuclear program, no inspections, an Iran that's closer to a nuclear weapon, the risk of regional…

— Barack Obama

My hope is that we can get a Republican-Democratic agreement on how we strengthen Social Security as well as looking at some…

— Barack Obama

It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, the…

— Barack Obama

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

I am encouraged by the president-elect's [Donald Trump] insistence that NATO is a commitment that does not change. And his full commitment…

— Barack Obama

I haven't been sorting through each and every aspect of this. Here's what I know: Hillary Clinton was an outstanding Secretary of…

— Barack Obama

Over the past eight years, the United States has worked hard to deepen partnerships across the region and across South-east Asia in…

— Barack Obama

We are reaching a tipping where the pace of settlements, during the course of my presidency has gotten so substantial that it's…

— Barack Obama

Since taking office, I've made it clear that the United States was prepared to begin a new chapter of engagement with the…

— Barack Obama

One of the things that we have to change in this country is the idea that people can't disagree without challenging each…

— Barack Obama

I don't believe that the American people want us to focus on our job security. They want us to focus on their…

— Barack Obama

I continue to believe that she has not jeopardized America's national security. Now, what I've also said is that, and she's acknowledged,…

— Barack Obama

In the wake of 9/11, my meetings with Arab and Pakistani Americans, for example, have a more urgent quality, for the stories…

— Barack Obama

We will kill bin Laden. We will crush al Qaeda. That has to be our biggest national security priority.

— Barack Obama

I've been saying for years, we're gonna have to spend a lot more time on cyber security.

— Barack Obama

Climate change constitutes a serious threat to global security.

— Barack Obama

We continue to believe that a two-state solution is the only way for the long-term security of Israel, if it wants to…

— Barack Obama

I have made it a top priority for my administration to deepen cooperation with Israel across the whole spectrum of security issues…

— Barack Obama

I don't want my generals or my defense secretary or my national-security team to ever feel deploying weapons to kill people as…

— Barack Obama

It's important to recognize that you can't have 100 percent security and also then have 100 percent privacy and zero inconvenience.

— Barack Obama

The capacity of Iraq's security forces has improved, and Iraq's leaders have made strides toward political accommodation

— Barack Obama