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
I'm not talking about blind optimism, the kind of hope that just ignores the enormity of the tasks ahead or the roadblocks… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Hope is not blind optimism. It's not ignoring the enormity of the task ahead or the roadblocks that stand in our path.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Reinvigorating the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department, making sure that in our Department of Education, where we see evidence of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I know that there are those who disagree with the overwhelming scientific evidence on climate change. But here's the thing -- even… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Later, I would realize that the position of most black students in predominantly white colleges was already too tenuous, our identities too… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. Our nation is at war, against a far-reaching network of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“I'm an old-fashioned guy. I believe in the Enlightenment, and reason, and logic, and you know, facts.” — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
For too many of us, it's become safer to retreat into our own bubbles, whether in our neighborhoods or on college campuses,… — 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
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