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
It is easy to get to a higher number when you are not asking anything difficult from yourself. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Through every victory and every setback, I've insisted that change is never easy and never quick; that we wouldn't meet all of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Iraq is sort of a situation where you've got a guy who drove the bus into the ditch. You obviously have to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
And above all, children need our unconditional love - whether they succeed or make mistakes; when life is easy and when life… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I will veto any effort to get rid of those automatic spending cuts to domestic and defense spending. There will be no… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We lose ourselves when we compromise the very ideals that we fight to defend. And we honor those ideals by upholding them… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
This massacre in Orlando is therefore a further reminder of how easy it is for someone to get their hands on a… — 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
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
I'll be honest, there have been times when I've listened to the rhetoric in Europe where an easy equivalent somehow between the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
...Started by missionaries in 1841, Punahou Academy had grown into a prestigious prep school, an incubator for island elites...It hadn't been easy… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We Americans are not an inherently more violent people than folks in other countries. We're not inherently more prone to mental health… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The American story has never been about things coming easy. It has been about rising to the moment when the moment is… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it. But it's not. It takes patience,… — 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
Like no other illness, AIDS tests our ability to put ourselves in someone else's shoes - to empathize with the plight of… — 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
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
