You have to be involved during midterm elections, you have to care about what happens at a school board level. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
[We should beware] that our democracy stays healthy. And making sure that we maintain that sense of solidarity. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We have proved that the true strength of our nation comes not from the scale of our wealth but from the power… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In our democracy and our civic discourse, it seems as if folks who take religion the most seriously are sometimes also those… — 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
People call me a socialist sometimes. But, no, you gotta meet real socialists. You'll have a sense of what a socialist is. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Our first and immutable commitment must be to the security of Israel, our only true ally in the Middle East and the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I always enjoy watching Republicans compliment Bill Clinton now, because at the time, I'm sure he didn't feel a lot of the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The problem is that young people are less likely to vote than older people. What results is a situation in which sometimes… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If Democrats are not showing up in those [rural] places even if you're not gonna win right away but if you're not… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The reason we're governing right now is because we defeated moderate Republicans with moderate Democrats. And people need to be patient about… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If people continue to feel like Democrats are looking after poor folks and Republicans are looking after rich folks and nobody is… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
America is governed by rules of law, and those are not ones that the President of the United States or anybody else… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
To sustain a governing majority, that requires an ability for Republicans and Democrats to find some common ground. And right now, the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If in fact the Republicans make some modifications [of Obamacare], some of which I may have been seeking previously, but they wouldn't… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think that sometimes the Democrats have to run upstream or swim upstream because we've got the Republicans making it out as… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns in to universal, rather than religion-specific, values... it requires that their proposals be… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In Europe, where the terrorist threat is probably greatest at the moment, the amount of information-sharing that's been taking place, the effectiveness… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Tonight, I say to the American people, to Democrats and Republicans and Independents across this great land: enough! This moment, this election… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“There are a whole lot of religious people in America, including the majority of Democrats. When we abandon the field of religious… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Now, I swore an oath to uphold the laws on the books... Now, I know some people want me to bypass Congress… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Inequality also distorts our democracy. It gives an outsized voice to the few who can afford high-priced lobbyists and unlimited campaign contributions,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
For half of the world's population, roughly three billion people around the world living on less than two dollars a day, an… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
One faction of one party, in one house of Congress, in one branch of government, doesn't get to shut down the entire… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Democracy cannot be imposed on any nation from the outside. Each society must search for its own path, and no path is… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The ideas of ancient Greece helped inspire America's founding fathers as they reached for democracy. Our revolutionary ideas helped inspire Greeks as… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The Democrats are using the human trafficking bill's language that's been there for 40 years, regarding the use of federal funds for abortion. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In the United States, if 43 percent of eligible voters do not vote, then democracy is weakened. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I'd like to think that "President Obama believed deeply in this democracy and the American people." — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
With effort we can protect the foundation of our democracy, for which so many marched across this bridge, the right to vote. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
This doesn't mean abandoning our values and ideals; wherever we can, it's in our interest to help foster democracy through the diplomatic… — 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
We should be more modest in our belief that we can impose democracy on a country through military force. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When you try to sow the seeds of doubt in people's minds about the legitimacy of our election, that undermines democracy. Then… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns into universal, rather than religion-specific, values. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Many of our ideas of democracy, so much of our literature and philosophy and science can be traced back to roots right… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Since I'm the president and Democrats have controlled the House and the Senate, it's understandable that people are saying, you know, 'What… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope? — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Part of what we have to do a better job of, if our democracy is to function in a complicated diverse society… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The American people and the Israeli peoples share a faith in the future and believe that democracies can shape their own destinies… — 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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