I think where I get frustrated at times was the belief that the president can do anything if he just decides he… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
To ensure prosperity here at home and peace abroad, we all share the belief we have to maintain the strongest military on… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We should be more modest in our belief that we can impose democracy on a country through military force. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The belief that peace is desirable is rarely enough to achieve it. Peace requires responsibility. Peace entails sacrifice. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Religious freedom doesn't mean you can force others to live by your own beliefs — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We should foster a culture in which people's private religious beliefs, including atheists and agnostics, are respected. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think the average American, if they go to the workplace, somebody's next to 'em, they're not poking around trying to figure… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When Michelle and I decided that I would run for President, it was because of a shared belief in the power of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Hope is the bedrock of this nation. The belief that our destiny will not be written for us, but by us, by… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I believe that there are many paths to the same place, and that is a belief that there is a higher power,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I believe in evolution, scientific inquiry, and global warming; I believe in free speech, whether politically correct or politically incorrect, and I… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It is my firm belief that it will be in the interests of the United States, especially our economic interests, to pursue… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
No, you can't deny women their basic rights and pretend it's about your 'religious freedom'. If you don't like birth control, don't… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
America is an unlikely place - a country built on defiance of the odds; on a belief in the impossible. And I… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What the American people hope - what they deserve - is for all of us, Democrats and Republicans, to work through our… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
...I believe deeply that we canot solve the challenges of your time unless we solve them together - unless we perfect our… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I would not be running for President if I didn't believe with all my heart that this is what the vast majority… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
This is something that I'm sure I'd have serious debates with my fellow Christians about. I think that the difficult thing about… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If we choose only to expose ourselves to opinions and viewpoints that are in line to our own, we become more polarized,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Our government should work for us, not against us. It should help us, not hurt us. It should ensure opportunity not just… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It is that fundamental belief, it is that fundamental belief, I am my brother’s keeper, I am my sister’s keeper that makes… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Even those who claim the Bible's inerrancy make distinctions between Scriptural edicts, sensing that some passages - the Ten Commandments, say, or… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Yes, our greatness as a nation has depended on individual initiative, on a belief in the free market. But it has also… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Hope is not blind optimism. It's not ignoring the enormity of the task ahead or the roadblocks that stand in our path.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It is my strong belief that Israel has not just the right but the obligation to protect itself. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It continues to be my strong belief that the way we are going to make sure that everybody feels a part of… — 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
The strongest democracies flourish from frequent and lively debate, but they endure when people of every background and belief find a way… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What I believe unites the people of this nation, regardless of race or region or party, young or old, rich or poor,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Hope -- Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty. The audacity of hope! In the end, that… — BARACK OBAMA Copy Share Image
Hope -- Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty. The audacity of hope! In the end, that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think that part of my optimism comes from the belief that we as a people could actually, regardless of all the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Let us remember we are all part of one American family. We are united in common values, and that includes belief in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What a vindication of the belief that ordinary people can do extraordinary things, what a reminder of what Bobby Kennedy once said,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We should foster a culture in which people's private religious beliefs, including atheists and agnostics, are respected. And that's the kind of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We've persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi people - a belief that out of the ashes of war,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We have to enforce the laws we've already got, make sure that we're keeping guns out of the hands of criminals, those… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When you look at what [new generation] believe in, how they value diversity, how they believe in science, how they care about… — 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