America thrived in the 20th century because we made high school free. We sent a generation to college. We cultivated the most… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It was basic research in the photoelectric field-in the photoelectric effect that would one day lead to solar panels. It was basic… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The 20th Century was a bloodbath, and for all the frustrations and failures of the project to unify Europe, the last five… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Theoretically, you can make, obviously, a powerful argument that centuries of slavery, Jim Crow, discrimination are the primary cause for all those… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Specifically, the part where in the early 19th century America reconstituted the U.S. Marine Corps to battle the Islamic Barbary Pirates, though… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
After a century of striving, after a year of debate, after a historic vote, health care reform is no longer an unmet… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We will convey our deep appreciation for the Islamic faith, which has done so much over the centuries to shape the world… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It was unknowable then, but so much of the progress that would define the 20th century, on both sides of the Atlantic,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
For in Asia and around the world, India is not simply emerging; India has already emerged. And it is my firm belief… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Progress does not compel us to settle centuries-long debates about the role of government for all time, but it does require us… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I want to reduce America's deficit by cutting spending that we don't need but also by asking the wealthy to do a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In America, we started the public school system very early in the century, and as a consequence we had more skilled workers… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
At the dawn of the 21st century, where knowledge is literally power, where it unlocks the gates of opportunity and success, we… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We've subsidized oil companies for a century. That's long enough. It's time to end the taxpayer giveaways to an industry that rarely… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There's one issue that will define the contours of this century more dramatically than any other, and that is the urgent and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Together, we could open up government and invite citizens in, while connecting all of America to 21st century broadband. We could use… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
But today, just a few years into the twenty-first century, we already find ourselves in a different and precarious position. As revolutions… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You don't like a particular policy or a particular president? Then argue for your position. Go out there and win an election.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
E.U. need to be nurtured and cultivated and protected and fought for because the achievements that we've seen on this continent, in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What makes us exceptional, what makes us America is our allegiance to an idea articulated in a declaration made more than two… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The United States has been a Pacific nation for over two centuries. That's not going to change. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Climate change poses a direct threat to the infrastructure of America that we need to stay competitive in this 21st-century economy. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It was unknowable then, but so much of the progress that would define the 20th century, on both sides of the Atlantic,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Ultimately, the challenges of the 21st century can't be met without collective action. Agreement will almost never be easy, and results won't… — 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
