Able Quotes by Barack Obama

We may not be able to stop evil in the world, but how we treat one another is entirely up to us.

— Barack Obama

We are not going to be able to rebuild Afghanistan into a Jeffersonian democracy.

— Barack Obama

I don't believe people should to be able to own guns.

— Barack Obama

Medicare in particular, will run out of money, and we will not be able to sustain that program.

— Barack Obama

We've been able to organize the international community around it in ways that aren't going to go back.

— Barack Obama

Israel must be able to defend itself - by itself - against any threat.

— Barack Obama

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

— Barack Obama

I think same sex couples should be able to get married.

— Barack Obama

I don't think marriage is a civil right, but I think that being able to transfer property is a civil right.

— Barack Obama

In America, we want a peaceful planet. We want people to be able to enjoy their lives and know they're going to…

— Barack Obama

If you like your healthcare plan, you'll be able to keep your healthcare plan, period. No one will take it away, no…

— Barack Obama

In the past, there have been a range of treaties that divided Congress and every administration was able to get them through.

— Barack Obama

Iran is a state sponsor of terrorism. And for them to be able to provide nuclear technology to non-state actors, that's unacceptable.

— Barack Obama

I was able to do that [showing up of Democratic benefits] when I was the candidate. But I've not seen or presided…

— Barack Obama

Globalization is a fact, because of technology, because of an integrated global supply chain, because of changes in transportation. And we're not…

— Barack Obama

If there's one thing I would like to see, it'd be for us to be able to price the cost of carbon…

— Barack Obama

I'll remember the view out this window [from Oval Cabinet], because this is where we had our - the playground that we…

— Barack Obama

We were still able to see the phone records of a potential terrorist cause, we held them, now you have to hope…

— Barack Obama

We've achieved this historic progress through diplomacy, without resorting to another war in the Middle East. I want to also point out…

— Barack Obama

I know there are problems that I say to myself, If maybe I was a little more gifted I might have been…

— Barack Obama

I have much more confidence in my ability, or any president or any leader's ability, to mobilize the American people around a…

— Barack Obama

I believe we can keep the promise of our founders, the idea that if you're willing to work hard, it doesn't matter…

— Barack Obama

Moral values includes the immorality of 45 million uninsured or the immorality of working people who are having trouble raising a family…

— Barack Obama

My life story is something obviously that belongs to me very personally. And the fact of the matter is that I had…

— Barack Obama

Imagine if you had genuine, high-quality early-childhood education for every child, and suddenly every black child in America - but also every…

— Barack Obama

If we can make sure that that young boys starting at the age of three or four already knows their colors and…

— Barack Obama

I believe in keeping guns out of our inner cities, and that our leaders must say so in the face of the…

— Barack Obama

The true test of the American ideal is whether we're able to recognize our failings and then rise together to meet the…

— Barack Obama

If you're willing to put in the work, the idea is that you should be able to raise a family and own…

— Barack Obama

Whatever success I have achieved, whatever positions of leadership I have held have depended less on Ivy League degrees or SAT scores…

— Barack Obama

What is true, and I think that we can't deny it, is that some of the same concerns about globalization, about technology,…

— Barack Obama

I am absolutely certain that generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was…

— Barack Obama

Higher education cannot be a luxury reserved just for a privileged few. It is an economic necessity for every family. And every…

— Barack Obama

The biggest deficit that we have in our society and in the world right now is an empathy deficit. We are in…

— Barack Obama

I think I was able to talk to people about values in ways that people - in ways that resonated with folks.

— Barack Obama

The quicker you resolve the problems with banks and there's transparency in that process, the faster they recapitalize and are able to…

— Barack Obama

I absolutely think that when we talk about family, faith, community, I think it's important for Democrats to be able to connect…

— Barack Obama

My goal is not to resolve conflicts and tensions in the region through more war. My goal is to make sure that,…

— Barack Obama

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

It's true that I have not been able to completely close Guantanamo, but we've drastically reduced the population from 700 or so…

— Barack Obama