What we may think is funny or cute may end up being powerfully hurtful. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think a basic principle of our Constitution is nobody above the law — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The biggest challenge, I think, is always maintaining your moral compass. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There are always things that I think I wish I could have done better. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I've consistently said, we need to support charter schools. I think it is important to experiment, by looking at how we can… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You know, I think that we are going to be OK. Look, Malia is 10, so three years from now she is… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We seem to have trouble with [critical thinking]. And our political system doesn't help. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I believe in term limits for presidents because I think that there is no doubt I'm a better president now than I… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think that dealing with guns is one way to handle the violent-crime issues that we have in this country. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
One of the things I think I can bring to the presidency is to make government and public service cool again. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think it's useful to keep in mind I've been now President for over seven years and gun sales don't seem to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I'm suspicious of too much certainty in the pursuit of understanding just because I think people are limited in their understanding. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I'll be the first US president to not only visit Kenya and Ethiopia, but also to address the continent as a whole,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The campaign was a more significant training ground than I think people give it credit for. By the time I got here,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The degree of polarization that currently exists in Washington is such where I think it's fair to say if I presented a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
[Donald Trump] is in the process of building up an organization. And well, we'll have to see how that works. And it'll… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In addition to giving our children the science and math skills they need to compete in the new global context, we should… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Young people: I understand this is important to you, but as you be thinking about climate change, the economy and jobs, war… — 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 think it is important first of all that the president of the United States underscores our commitment to partnering with countries… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We have to find ways in which, collectively, we agree there's some things that government needs to do to help protect us,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Part of what we have to do a better job of, if our democracy is to function in a complicated diverse society… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think that the FDA has not been able to catch some of these things as quickly as I expect them to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Nobody's cooler than my two girls. They just seem to take whatever comes with, you know - happiness and - steadiness. And… — 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
We could come together, Democrats and Republicans, to find practical, commonsense solutions to health care, to education, to energy issues, because although… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
So I came to my Christian faith later in life, and it was because the precepts of Jesus Christ spoke to me… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When it comes to the budget, we know that we shouldn't be cutting more on core investments, like education, that are going… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think I have an ongoing conversation with God. I think throughout the day, I'm constantly asking myself questions about what I'm… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think the American people, you know, they're going to want that new car smell. They want to drive something off the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think I will still feel that same appreciation for what [Winston] Churchill and others have said is the worst form of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Donald Trump is somebody who I think likes to mix it up and to have a vigorous debate. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When it comes to immigration, I think Americans expect that our immigration process is orderly and it is legal. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think the average American, if they go to the workplace, somebody's next to 'em, they're not poking around trying to figure… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I've just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think that Donald Trump is coming to this office with fewer set hard-and-fast policy prescriptions than a lot of other presidents… — 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