The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether government works. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The truth is, some of these comments, when you actually ask 'well, this is based on what? This notion that Obama's a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We are not a nation that says 'don't ask, don't tell.' We are a nation that says 'out of many, we are… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Insist that the first question each of us asks, isn't 'what's good for me' but 'what's good for the country my children… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you ask the average person they'd tell ya, "Naw, it's much more dangerous," despite the fact that violent crime has dropped… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
People are whupped. I'm whupped. My wife is whupped. Unless it's your job to be curious, who really has the time to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Ask Osama bin Laden and the 22-out-of-30 top al-Qaida leaders who've been taken off the field whether I engage in appeasement. Or… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think the most important thing for the public and the press is to just listen to what Donald Trump says and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I would say of all the things that have happened during the course of my presidency the knowledge that you have hundreds… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
But to truly transform our economy, protect our security, and save our planet from the ravages of climate change, we need to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I refuse to accept any approach that isn't balanced. I'm not going to ask students and seniors and middle-class families to pay… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The incredible story of progress that is America has always been built by those who ask why, what if, and why not.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Now, at times this issue has tended to degenerate into an 'either-or' type of debate. Either we protect our people from terror… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We are not a nation that says, 'Don’t ask, don’t tell.' We are a nation that says, 'Out of many, we are… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Writing has been an important exercise to clarify what I believe, what I see, what I care about, what my deepest values… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We're not going to deputize a whole bunch of American citizens to start grabbing people or turning them in, in part because… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The only time I get frustrated with activist criticism is if I have recognized them, and invited them to work with me… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Secularists are wrong when they ask believers to leave their religion at the door before entering into the public square. Frederick Douglass,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There have been times where, let's say on LGBT issues, when we were trying to end Don't Ask, Don't Tell, and I… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
For now, whether you are young or whether you're young at heart, I do have one final ask of you as your… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I want to reform the tax code so that it's simple, fair, and asks the wealthiest households to pay higher taxes on… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Someday, our children, and our children's children, will look at us in the eye and they'll ask us, did we do all… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We ask our men and women in uniform to leave their families, our guardsmen and reservists to leave their jobs. We ask… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
And if that child should ever get the chance to travel the world and someone should ask her where is she from,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We ask for nothing more than the chance to blaze our own trail, and yet each of us is only here because… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Don't be afraid to ask questions. Don't be afraid to ask for help when you need it. I do that every day.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It's also wonderful to be back with my great friend and ally, Chancellor [Angela] Merkel. As I reflect back over the last… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Any discuss about taxes ends up being, are you raising them or lowering them, as the opposed to the question I ask… — 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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