To everyone in this Congress who still refuses to raise the minimum wage, I say this: If you truly believe you could… — 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
But I also want to give them a pathway so that they can earn citizenship, earn a legal status, start learning English,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What we shouldn't be doing is trying to take away your rights to bargain for better wages or working conditions... These so-called… — 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
There are certain things we can only do together. There are certain things only a union can do. Only a union could… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Our country was born out of a desire to be free. And every day since, it's been protected by our men and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We were just at the beginnings of a recovery [in 2010]. And the, you know, whoever is president at that point is… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Let's also make sure that a high school diploma puts our kids on a path to a good job. Right now, countries… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to. It belongs to you. It belongs to you. I was never the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I love listening to these guys give us lectures about debt and deficits. I inherited a trillion-dollar deficit. ... This notion that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I would not be running for President if I didn't believe with all my heart that this is what the vast majority… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
And to all those who have wondered if Americas beacon still burns as bright - tonight we proved once more that the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
More fundamentally, this kind of gaping inequality gives lie to the promise at the very heart of America: that this is the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
That's what building a body of work is all about. It's about the daily labor, the many individual acts, the choices large… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When I talked to [Donald Trump] about - our intelligence agencies, what I've said to him is - is that there are… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We've got a tax code that is encouraging flight of jobs and outsourcing. And that's why we've specifically recommended ... that Congress… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
[Our troops in Iraq and Afganistan] does give us the ability to make sure that we are strengthening those folk who are… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Jason Rezaian is coming home. A courageous journalist for The Washington Post who wrote about the daily lives and hopes of the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I have always had extraordinarily good relations with very conservative colleagues. And that's not because I agree with any of them or… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You know, sometimes I'll go to an 8th-grade graduation and there's all that pomp and circumstance and gowns and flowers. And I… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We can give our intelligence and law enforcement community the powers they need to track down and take out terrorists without undermining… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Now you have a choice: we can give more tax breaks to corporations that ship jobs overseas, or we can start rewarding… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you give up on the idea that your voice can make a difference, then other voices will fill the void: lobbyists… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
One thing I will not compromise over is whether or not Congress should pay the tab for a bill they've already racked… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I use a different style if I'm speaking to a big crowd; I can gin up folks pretty well. But when I'm… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When it comes to the war in Iraq, the time for promises and assurances for waiting and for patience is over. Too… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Our Founding Fathers, faced with perils we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you're 54 or 55, you might want to listen because this will affect you. The idea, which was originally presented by… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
From the first moment a woman dared to speak that hope - dared to believe that the American Dream was meant for… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Occasionally I would like the German people to give us the benefit of the doubt, given our history, as opposed to assuming… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
All across the world, ...increasingly dangerous weather patterns and devastating storms are abruptly putting an end to the long-running debate over whether… — 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
The campaign was a more significant training ground than I think people give it credit for. By the time I got here,… — 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
I think that [having not a lot of time sweating the details] can be both a strength and a weakness. I think… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The Tea Party I have huge disagreements with, obviously. But I give them credit for having activated themselves. And they made a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The most expensive care we can give, we're giving those Americans without insurance. It's kind of stupid that we're fighting the notion… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In Europe, where the terrorist threat is probably greatest at the moment, the amount of information-sharing that's been taking place, the effectiveness… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The people there, the community, the lessons that I learned -- they're all based right in this few square miles where we'll… — 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
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
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
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
The world is complicated and full of grays, but there's still truth there to be found. — Barack Obama Copy Share
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
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
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
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
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
It's good to get fresh legs in [the White house]. I think that it refreshes our democracy. — Barack Obama Copy Share
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
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