Americans... still believe in an America where anything's possible - they just don't think their leaders do. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I know that gaps can be closed. And they can be closed substantially, more than I think we believe. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I also believe that if we're serious about change, we need to have a real discussion about public financing for congressional elections. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you're willing to put in the work, the idea is that you should be able to raise a family and own… — 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
I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. I am not in favor of gay marriage. But when you start… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If we aren't willing to pay a price for our values, then we should ask ourselves whether we truly believe in them… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I am confident that we will one day end the scourge of modern slavery, because I believe in those committed to this… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The American people and the Israeli peoples share a faith in the future and believe that democracies can shape their own destinies… — 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
We think of faith as a source of comfort and understanding but find our expressions of faith sowing division; we believe ourselves… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We may have different backgrounds, but we believe in the same dream that says this is a country where anything's possible. No… — 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
My finely honed political instincts tell me that almost nobody believes that they should be paying higher taxes. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My administration will not authorize the indefinite military detention without trial of American citizens. Indeed, I believe that doing so would break… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
One of the things that we have to change in this country is the idea that people can't disagree without challenging each… — 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
I don’t believe it is possible to transcend race in this country. Race is a factor in this society. The legacy of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I don't believe we can get very far, with leaders who write off half the nation as a bunch of victims who… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
[The Americans] believe in the idea that Jamal and Johnny should be treated equally. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If some of these [Republican] folks were around when Columbus set sail, they must have been founding members of the 'flat earth… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
another tradition to politics, a tradition (of politics) that stretched from the days of the country’s founding to the glory of the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We could come together, Democrats and Republicans, to find practical, commonsense solutions to health care, to education, to energy issues, because although… — 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