American Quotes by Barack Obama

We are an American family and we rise and fall together as one nation.

— Barack Obama

I'm going to try to unite all Americans.

— Barack Obama

I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek…

— Barack Obama

I'm going to tell the American people what I believe will make this country great.

— Barack Obama

We are an american family and we rise or fall together as one nation and as one people.

— Barack Obama

I will never turn Medicare into a voucher. No American should ever have to spend their golden years at the mercy of…

— Barack Obama

But let me perfectly clear, because I know you'll hear the same old claims that rolling back these tax breaks means a…

— Barack Obama

There are millions of Americans outside Washington who are tired of stale political arguments and are moving this country forward. They believe,…

— Barack Obama

Millions of us, myself included, go back generations in this country, with ancestors who put in the painstaking work to become citizens.…

— Barack Obama

If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help... Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we…

— Barack Obama

What makes us Americans is our shared commitment to an ideal - that all of us are created equal, and all of…

— Barack Obama

Let us remember we are all part of one American family. We are united in common values, and that includes belief in…

— Barack Obama

We also can't try to take over and rebuild every country that falls into crisis. That's not leadership; that's a recipe for…

— Barack Obama

I think what you're seeing is a profound recognition on the part of the American people that gays and lesbians and transgender…

— Barack Obama

And if that child should ever get the chance to travel the world and someone should ask her where is she from,…

— Barack Obama

Let's be honest - tracking down, rounding up, and deporting millions of people isn't realistic. Anyone who suggests otherwise isn't being straight…

— Barack Obama

Whether our forebears were strangers who crossed the Atlantic or the Pacific or the Rio Grande, we are here only because this…

— Barack Obama

And that means that no matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise to the American people: If you…

— Barack Obama

I know the American people. I've met a lot of them. I've met a lot more of them than any columnist has,…

— Barack Obama

In a summer marked by instability in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, I know the world also took notice of the…

— Barack Obama