I'm a big believer in tolerance. I think that religion at it's best comes with a big dose of doubt. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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
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 don't look at my pension. It's not as big as yours so it doesn't take as long. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think that the Democratic Party is a big tent, which means that there are positions I may not agree with. — 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
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
We don't believe in a small America. We believe in a big America - a tolerant America, a just America, an equal… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
More than a building that houses books and data, the library represents a window to a larger world, the place where we've… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I've called Chicago home for nearly 25 years. It's a city of broad shoulders and big hearts and bold dreams; a city… — 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
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
We believe that big nations should not bully smaller nations, and that the sovereignty of nations must be respected. And we have… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
John F.Kennedy gave probably the greatest inauguration speech ever that first time, but I guarantee you when he first walked out there… — 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
Politics has become so bitter and partisan, so gummed up by money and influence, that we can't tackle the big problems that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think it's important to recognize that you can't have 100 per cent security and also then have 100 per cent privacy… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think that Donald Trump successfully mobilized a big chunk of America to vote for him and he's going to win. He… — 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
As a practical matter, it is hard to think of any society in human history in which a majority population has said… — 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
We have to recognize we've got some big problems on race, just like we got still big problems on crime, just like… — 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
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
There is a big part of me that has a writer's sensibility. And so that's how I think. That's how I pursue… — 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
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
In order for us to solve many big problems around the world, it is in our interest to work with Russia and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think that today, faith drives so much of our politics, that I thought, "If you don't talk about it, you are… — 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
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
If you look at sort of how politics has divided itself here in this country, the big divide right now is between… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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
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
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
Oftentimes, misunderstandings and antagonism surfaces most strongly when economic times are tough. And that's not surprising. If everybody is working and feeling… — 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
As has been well documented, I smoked pot as a kid, and I view it as a bad habit and a vice,… — 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
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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