After my election there was talk of a postracial America. And such a vision, however well intended, was never realistic. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
This week I've travelled more than 15,000 miles from America to China to Burma to Australia. I have no idea what time… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
America is, is no longer, uh, what it, uh, could be, uh, what it was once was, uh, and I say to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Families across America are feeling the pinch as they watch debts mount, bills pile up and savings disappear. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What has made America the wealthiest, most successful country on Earth historically has been our commitment to education. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
America thrived in the 20th century because we made high school free. We sent a generation to college. We cultivated the most… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The men and women of America's homeland security apparatus do important work to protect us, and Republicans and Democrats in Congress should… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The path of America's development is never a straight line. Sometimes we move in ways that are forwards; sometime that seem back. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
America is the student who defies the odds to become the first in a family to go to college - the citizen… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I want people around the world to hear me. To all those who would do us harm, no act of terror will… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The president and the executive branch are always going to have greater latitude and greater authority when it comes to protecting America… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In America, we're getting too comfortable with our ability to take kinetic strikes around the world without having enough process to avoid… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We're still fighting to make sure that basic anti-discrimination laws are enforced, not just at the federal level, by the way, but… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Increasing America’s debt weakens us domestically and internationally . Leadership means that 'the buck stops here.' Instead, Washington is shifting the burden… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The American people reminded us while our road has been hard, while our journey has been long. We have picked ourselves up,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Fifty years of isolating Cuba had failed to promote democracy, setting us back in Latin America. That's why we restored diplomatic relations,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Today, about 40 percent of America's carbon pollution comes from our power plants. There are no federal limits to the amount those… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Today, we are closer to fulfilling America's promise of economic and social justice because we stand on the shoulders of giants like… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Historically - when you look at how America has evolved, typically we make progress on race relations in fits and starts. We… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Israel is a true friend. It is our greatest ally in the region. And if Israel is attacked, America will stand with… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think the American people recognize that the world has shrunk. That it's interconnected. That you're not going to put that genie… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If we want America to stay on the cutting edge, we need young Americans to master the tools and technology that will… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I can say with confidence there has never been a man or a woman - not me, not Bill, nobody - more… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
This is a time of great change in the world but America's always been a pillar of strength and a beacon of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We know that the nation that goes all-in on innovation today will own the global economy tomorrow. This is an edge America… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Ultimately, I remain optimistic about not just America's future, but the direction that the world is growing. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There are places and moments in America where this nation’s destiny has been decided...Selma is such a place. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
This idea that America is somehow on the verge of collapse, this vision of violence and chaos everywhere, doesn't really jibe with… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
A nuclear Iran is a threat to America's national security, and it is a threat to Israel's national security. We cannot afford… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Know that America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman, and child who seeks a future of peace and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The UK is an extraordinary partner for America and a force for good in an unstable world. I hope it remains strong,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think Ronald Reagan changed the trajectory of America in a way that Richard Nixon did not and in a way that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I will call not just on Israel, but on the Palestinians, on the Arab States, and the international community to join us… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There is enormous continuity beneath the day-to-day news that makes America that indispensable nation when it comes to maintaining order and promoting… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The ideas of ancient Greece helped inspire America's founding fathers as they reached for democracy. Our revolutionary ideas helped inspire Greeks as… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Al Qaeda, the Taliban, a whole host of networks that are bent on attacking America, who have a distorted ideology, who have… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Black children, white children, Latino children. America is becoming more diverse, it's becoming more tolerant as a consequence there's more interactions between… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Markets will rise and fall, but this is the United States of America. No matter what some agency may say, we've always… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
But I'm here to say that when we do speak out, we're going to do so because the United States of America… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
But we reject the belief that America must choose between caring for the generation that built this country and investing in the… — 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
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