I came in with a healthy skepticism about these programs. My team evaluated them. We scrubbed them thoroughly. We actually expanded some… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What we should be asking is not whether we need a big government or small government, but how we can create a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I know that campaigns can seem small, and even silly. Trivial things become big distractions. Serious issues become sound bites. And the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We wouldn't even be where we are had it not been that 70% of Hispanics voted for President Obama, voted Democratic in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Nobody said democracies supposed to be easy. It's hard. And in a big country like America, it probably should be hard. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I do think that there is a big difference between family farms and agri-business, and one of the distressing things that I… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We were very effective, and I was very effective, in shaping public opinion around my campaigns. But there were big stretches, while… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Alongside my own deep personal faith, I am a follower, as well, of our civic religion. I am a big believer in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I found during the course of my political career on the national scene there's a point where the vanity burns away and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I'm a big football fan, but I have to tell you if I had a son, I'd have to think long and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
So how do Latinos feel if there's a big investment just in the African American community, and they're looking around and saying,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What is a danger is that we stay stuck in a new normal where unemployment rates stay high, people who have jobs… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I will set big goals for this country as president - some so large that the technology to reach them does not… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Every president who has tried to bring about big changes I think elicits the most passionate responses. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I use a different style if I'm speaking to a big crowd; I can gin up folks pretty well. But when I'm… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Both President Kennedy and President Reagan were roundly criticized by parts of the foreign policy establishment that felt they were being weak… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think the big challenge that we've got on education is making sure that from kindergarten or prekindergarten through your 14th or… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you don't have any fresh ideas, then you use stale tactics to scare the voters. If you don't have a record… — 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
Teddy Roosevelt supported a progressive income tax. If I am sitting pretty and you've got a waitress who is making minimum wage… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
[...] we must start by inspiring our children with a sense of purpose...by nurturing their imagination so that they may dream big… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The true test of the American ideal is whether we're able to recognize our failings and then rise together to meet the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Cool, logical, big-eared and level-headed, the center of Star Trek's optimistic, inclusive vision of humanity's future. I loved Spock. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Politics in this country [USA] is always tough. It's always contentious, because this is a big country and a diverse country, and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The problem is that, over time, big pieces of business that have to get done without leadership from Washington, don't get done. — 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
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