The arc of the moral universe may bend towards justice, but it doesn't bend on its own. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Our celebration of initiative and enterprise, our insistence on hard work and personal responsibility, are constants in our character. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Sometimes we take somebody who's been in the trenches and fought the good fight and been steady for granted. Sometimes we act… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I am living testimony to the moral force of non-violence. I know there's nothing weak - nothing passive - nothing naïve -… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
That applies, by the way, even to some of the folks who are now [Donald] Trump supporters. They're responding to a fictional… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Societies in which we are able to unify ourselves around values and ideals and character and how we treat each other and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The elevation of appearance over substance, of celebrity over character, of short term gains over lasting achievement displays a poverty of ambition.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Learning to stand in somebody else's shoes, to see through their eyes, that's how peace begins. And it's up to you to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The Greek people have gone through some very difficult times and there's still a hard road ahead, but despite those hardships, Greece… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility - a recognition, on the part of every American, that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Rather take that moral sense and apply it to the particulars of a job that is going to test those ethical and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Obviously I'm grayer, a few more wrinkles. One of the things I'm proud about is that I think my basic character and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I'm told there's a saying from those ancient times, kalos kai agathos, when someone or something is good and beautiful on the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Throughout history, the arts and humanities have helped men and women around the globe grapple with the most challenging questions and come… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We're not going to deputize a whole bunch of American citizens to start grabbing people or turning them in, in part because… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Absolutely. I think, I think the American people, at their core, are a decent people. I think that we still have prejudice… — 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
Our goal is to have a country that's not divided by race. And my impression, as I travel around the country, is… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
One of the things that you come pretty early on to understand in this job, and you start figuring out even during… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Number one, it is important that we fix the legal immigration system, because right now we've got a backlog that means years… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
America, we weaken our ties when we allow our political dialogue to become so corrosive that people of good character aren't even… — 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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