Every single one of you has something you're good at. Every single one of you has something to offer. And you have… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you want some additional money for your school, we'll give it to you. But you've got to compete, show us that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Cutting the deficit by gutting our investments in innovation and education is like lightening an overloaded airplane by removing its engine. It… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Don't be afraid to ask questions. Don't be afraid to ask for help when you need it. I do that every day.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Last time I checked, Congress was created to uphold the values of the Constitution, not the Bible and its biased teachings. 'All… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In addition to giving our children the science and math skills they need to compete in the new global context, we should… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We believed we could prepare our kids for a more competitive world. And today, our younger students have earned the highest math… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“This world is like a big classroom, and USA is the teacher, while other countries are the students, as one student tries… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We have to stand up for these issues when it's tough, and that's what I've done. I did it when I was… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I'd like to help struggling homeowners who can't pay their mortgages, I'd like to invest in our crumbling infrastructure, I'd like to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The study of law can be disappointing at times, a matter of applying narrow rules and arcane procedure to an uncooperative reality;… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In the eyes of God, a child on the other side of the border is no less worthy of love and compassion… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think the big challenge that we've got on education is making sure that from kindergarten or prekindergarten through your 14th or… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
By hook or by crook, we're going to make sure that when I leave this office, that the country is more prosperous,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
And that, I suppose, is what I'd been trying to tell my mother that day: that her faith in justice and rationality… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Now, today, some children are enrolled in excellent programs. Some children are enrolled in mediocre programs. And some are wasting away their… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We can't get to the $4 trillion in savings that we need by just cutting the 12 percent of the budget that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Unfortunately, too many of our schools depend on inexperienced teachers with little training in the subjects they're teaching, and too often those… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think it is important that we are targeting HIV/AIDS resources into the communities where we're seeing the highest growth rates. That… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I'm going to insist on making sure that we've got decent funding, that we've got enough teachers, that we've got computers in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We've got to make sure that teachers are respected, that they are rewarded, that young people like yourself who have talent and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We know that education is everything to our children's future. We know that they will no longer just compete for good jobs… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
And if we walk away now, if we simply retreat into our respective corners, we will never be able to come together… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
But while they're adding teachers in places like South Korea, we're laying them off in droves. It's unfair to our kids. It… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It's a generational project just to get America to live up fully to its ideals and to have the kind of society… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In America, we've set up a system whereby when you take on college debt, you will never have to pay more than… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
And what would help minority workers are the same things that would help white workers: the opportunity to earn a living wage,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The most important thing we can do is to make sure that we've got very high standards, we expect a lot out… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If we win all those fights, and now let's say the income gap, and the wealth gap, and the education gap have… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In a global economy where the most valuable skill you can sell is your knowledge, a good education is no longer just… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I'm going to insist that we've got decent funding, enough teachers, and computers in the classroom, but unless you turn off the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Don't be afraid to ask questions. Don't be afraid to ask for help when you need it. I do that every day.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Today, we are closer to fulfilling America's promise of economic and social justice because we stand on the shoulders of giants like… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
To me the question right now is: How do I close that first three-quarters of the achievement gap, education gap, wealth gap?… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“It's not a question we ask ourselves enough, I think; as a country, we seem to be suffering from an empathy deficit.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Imagine if you had genuine, high-quality early-childhood education for every child, and suddenly every black child in America - but also every… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Higher minimum wages, full-employment programs, early-childhood education: Those kinds of programs are, by design, universal, but by definition, because they are helping… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Does that mean that all vestiges of past discrimination would be eliminated, that the income gap or the wealth gap or the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In order for us to compete with China, we've also got to make sure, though, that we're taking - taking care of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Teachers matter. So instead of bashing them, or defending the status quo, let’s offer schools a deal. Give them the resources to… — 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
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 Image
It's good to get fresh legs in [the White house]. I think that it refreshes our democracy. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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 Image
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