There have been times where, let's say on LGBT issues, when we were trying to end Don't Ask, Don't Tell, and I… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
By the end of this decade, a majority of our Navy and Air Force fleets will be based out of the Pacific,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The role of government has never been to plan every detail or dictate every outcome. At its best, government has simply knocked… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We've subsidized oil companies for a century. That's long enough. It's time to end the taxpayer giveaways to an industry that rarely… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My identity might begin with the fact of my race, but it didn't, couldn't end there. At least that's what I would… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I said that America's role would be limited; that we would not put ground troops into Libya; that we would focus our… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It's time to end the hypocrisy of those who accumulate wealth through the global economy, and then siphon funds to those who… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I was raised by a single mom who had to put herself through school while looking after two kids. And she worked… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In America, we're getting too comfortable with our ability to take kinetic strikes around the world without having enough process to avoid… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“At the end of the day, the circumstances of your life-- what you look like,where you come from, how much money you… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Most Americans believe that escalation will not bring the war in Iraq to a responsible end, and that's why I've proposed not… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Foreign Assistance is not an end in itself. The purpose of aid must be to create the conditions where it's no longer… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
These are young people who made mistakes that aren't that different than the mistakes I made and the mistakes that a lot… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The thing I know for sure is that at the end of my life, what I'm going to remember is the love… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Toughest decision was early in my presidency when I ordered 30,000 more troops into Afghanistan. As somebody who had run to end… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I don't wanna preempt an announcement next week. And there's a lot of technical aspects to it. And if I - say… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The study of geography is about more than just memorizing places on a map. It's about understanding the complexity of our world,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My expectation would be that if we can begin discussions soon, shortly after the Iranian elections, we should have a fairly good… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What I remember thinking at that point, having gone through both the ups and downs of my first four years, and seeing… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
On Syria, it's clear that the indiscriminate attacks on civilians by the [Bashar] Assad regime and Russia will only worsen the humanitarian… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
But at the end of the day, the circumstances of your life what you look like, where you come from, how much… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What used to be racial segregation now mirrors itself in class segregation, this great sorting (has) taken place. It creates its own… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
African American boys oftentimes fall behind in school early, start feeling discouraged, check out, drop out, end up on the streets and… — 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