Societies in which we are able to unify ourselves around values and ideals and character and how we treat each other and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Legislatively, the thing I'm most proud of is healthcare, and I will continue to be most proud of it because not only… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My hope would be that, as we're moving through the world right now, we're able to get that psychological or emotional peace… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We've got to be able to distinguish between dangerous individuals who need to be incapacitated and incarcerated versus young people who are… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The biggest deficit that we have in our society and in the world right now is an empathy deficit. We are in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If we have a phased redeployment where we're as careful getting out as we were careless getting in, then there's not reason… — 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 people are concerned about the breakdown of the family but they also don't want to see discrimination against gays… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I have to be able to implement a policy that doesn't completely erase borders and boundaries. Not because I think that Honduran… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
And I do not want, and I will not accept, a deal in which I am asked to do nothing, in fact,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
... I just want to remind the owners and the players: you guys make money because you have a whole bunch of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It is my view that if society was doing the right thing with respect to you, [and there were] programs targeted at… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The number of Americans killed since 9/11 by terrorism, it's less than 100. If you look at the number that have been… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We are not going to be able to rebuild Afghanistan into a Jeffersonian democracy. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I am going to be able to present to the incoming administration a country that is stronger. A federal government that is… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The people there, the community, the lessons that I learned -- they're all based right in this few square miles where we'll… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The Supreme Court nominations [example]. I mean, the fact that Mitch McConnell, the leader of the Republicans, was able to just stop… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Medicare in particular will run out of money, and we will not be able to sustain that program no matter how much… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
How do we in the African American community build a culture in which we are saying to our kids, "Here's what it… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If we don't reform how healthcare is delivered in this country, then we are not going to be able to get a… — 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 Image
The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
The world is complicated and full of grays, but there's still truth there to be found. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image