We've got a lot of work to do economically in this country to bring about a more just and fair economy. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Yes to trade, but trade that ensures that these other countries that trade with us aren't engaging in child labor. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
[Afghanistan and Iraq] are still countries that are fragile enough that we're gonna have to partner with them in some way. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It's time to put country ahead of party. It's time to put the next generation ahead of the next election. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
He [Barack Obama] might have a pen, and he might have a phone, but what he does not have is the constitutional… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
America is a strong and resilient country. And I know we will succeed, if we put aside partisanship and politics and work… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you actually took the number of Muslims Americans, we'd be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think it's about time! Who cares whether he is looking for votes or not! At least your country is moving forward… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
[Our troops in Iraq and Afganistan] does give us the ability to make sure that we are strengthening those folk who are… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We know that ISIL and other terrorist groups are actively encouraging people, around the world and in our country, to commit terrible… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
America is an unlikely place - a country built on defiance of the odds; on a belief in the impossible. And I… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We cannot tolerate a nuclear Iran. It would be a game changer. Not only would it threaten Israel, a country that is… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There are war-torn countries, people full of poverty, who still voted 60, 70 percent. If here in the United States of America,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It's particularly important that we reach out to everybody in our countries, those who feel disaffected, those who feel left behind by… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The United States was the first country to recognize Israel in 1948, minutes after its declaration of independence, and the deep bonds… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We reward people a lot for being rich, for being famous, for being cute, for being thin... one of the values I… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I applaud the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act. This was discrimination enshrined in law. It treated… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If we're not vigilant foreign countries can have an impact on the political debate in the United States in ways that might… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I don't expect that the president-elect [Donald Trump] will follow exactly our blueprint or our approach, but my hope is that he… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My goal is to maintain the international norm on banning chemical weapons. I want that enforcement to be real. I want it… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
After a decade of profligacy, the American people are tired of politicians who talk the talk but don't walk the walk when… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
But something stirred across the country because of what happened in Selma, Alabama, because some folks were willing to march across a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I might have arguments with the size of Reagan's military buildup, but given the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, staying ahead of the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Yes, our greatness as a nation has depended on individual initiative, on a belief in the free market. But it has also… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We know hackers steal people's identities and infiltrate private e-mails. We know foreign countries and companies swipe our corporate secrets. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Every country has violent, hateful, or mentally unstable people. What's different is not every country is awash with easily accessible guns. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It could be another election where the alignments between Republicans and Democrats are different than they were this time and who a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
... the country deserves us to be willing to compromise on behalf of the greater good. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I'm going to tell the American people what I believe will make this country great. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We should be more modest in our belief that we can impose democracy on a country through military force. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We, the people, understand that our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Germany, South Korea - these are all countries that are investing massively in education. We've got to do the same thing in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Markets will rise and fall, but this is the United States of America. No matter what some agency may say, we've always… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You don't defeat a terrorist network that operates in eighty countries by occupying Iraq. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The genius of our founders is that they designed a system of government that can be changed. And we should take heart,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Today’s decision was a victory for people all across this country whose lives will be more secure. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Justice needs to be served, what I think people of Baltimore want more than anything else is the truth. That's what people… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Right now I would rank Norway as the largest country in the world, I have never seen anything like it — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We do not benefit from a relationship with China or any other country in which we put our values and our ideals… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
This is the defining issue of our time. This is a make-or-break moment for the middle class and for all those who… — 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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