America thrived in the 20th century because we made high school free. We sent a generation to college. We cultivated the most… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We need to keep making our streets safer and our criminal justice system fairer - our homeland more secure, our world more… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
So many of my staff is young enough that they're going to do amazing things. And I'm going to be helping them… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There's a whole generation coming up behind us that was engaged, inspired, worked for change during the course of my presidency, saw… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
This generations success is only possible because past generations felt a responsibility to each other & to their countrys future. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
[The generation engaged, inspired, worked for change] that generation, it's coming. They're not the majority yet but they're gonna be the majority… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What I'm interested in doing after I get out of the presidency is to make sure that I'm working with that next… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We've got to stop the name-calling and we've got to stop looking at the next election. We've got to be focused on… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think I did in the sense that there's a whole generation coming up behind us that was engaged, inspired, worked for… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
And so you [young Americans]need to be the Idea Generation. The generation who's always thinking on the cutting edge, who's wondering how… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Each and every time, a new generation has risen up and done what’s needed to be done. Today we are called once… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When you look at what [new generation] believe in, how they value diversity, how they believe in science, how they care about… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Opportunity is who we are. And the defining project of our generation must be to restore that promise. — 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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