... the fact is it didn't happen in the first month, the first six weeks, in a way that was at all… — 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
The two inaugurations were different. The first inauguration I was thinking to myself, "Let's make sure I don't screw this up." I… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The United States was the first country to recognize Israel in 1948, minutes after its declaration of independence, and the deep bonds… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Ours is not the first generation to understand the dire need for health reform. And I am not the first president to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The first thing I would do would be to move forward with an agenda to make sure that we give D.C. the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I said in a forum on health care if the Republicans can come up with a system that insures more people cheaper,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It is my judgment that had I spent the first two years trying to get a single-payer system, all those folks who… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I am somebody who usually writes out the rough draft in longhand. Then I type it into the computer, and that is… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen; by people who… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you can look back and say, "The economy's better. Our security's better. The environment's better. Our kids' education is better," if… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I have complete confidence in Secret Service. These guys and gals are unbelievably professional. They know what they’re doing and I basically… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You are part of the first generation of officers to begin your service in a world where the effects of climate change… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Did I recognize that there was anger or frustration in the American population? Of course I did. First of all, we had… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We have not always been in sync on every issue in terms of our core values, in terms of her integrity, her… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I didn't become a Christian until many years later, when I moved to the South Side of Chicago after college. It happened… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
First and foremost, it's important to remember that, from my perspective at least, my most important legacy was making sure that the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You're going to face a choice in November. This is a choice between the policies that got us into this mess in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think it is important first of all that the president of the United States underscores our commitment to partnering with countries… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I will sign a universal health-care bill into law by the end of my first term as president that will cover every… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
First of all, I think everybody has to acknowledge don't underestimate the guy [Donald Trump], because he's going to be 45th president… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
By so many measures, our country is stronger and more prosperous than it was when we first got here. And I'm hopeful… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Anybody who gets into bed and turns out the lights the first night in the White House probably feels a little bit… — 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
John F.Kennedy gave probably the greatest inauguration speech ever that first time, but I guarantee you when he first walked out there… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Our unalienable right to life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness, those rights were stripped from college kids in Blackburg and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you hear what people had to say about Abraham Lincoln or what they had to say about FDR, or what they… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
[When I ordered 30,000 more troops into Afghanistan] that was the first time in which I looked out at a crowd of… — 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
We are going through historic times, and my vision is a world, first of all, in which America continues to be that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
By 2025 we expect new spacecraft designed for long journeys to allow us to begin the first ever crewed missions beyond the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
So how do Latinos feel if there's a big investment just in the African American community, and they're looking around and saying,… — 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
Those of us who have the privilege to serve this country have an obligation to do our job as best we can.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I'm not so out of touch that I don't see how young people interact today.It was horrific. And that's an example of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Politics has become so bitter and partisan, so gummed up by money and influence, that we can't tackle the big problems that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
But today, just a few years into the twenty-first century, we already find ourselves in a different and precarious position. As revolutions… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I look at some of the kids that I interact with, and they were born with so many disadvantages. And you could… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The problem is that the way [President] Bush has done it over the last eight years is to take out a credit… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I would put our legislative and foreign policy accomplishments in our first two years against any president - with the possible exceptions… — 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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