Hands Quotes by Barack Obama

Reading makes all other learning possible. We have to get books into our children's hands early and often.

— Barack Obama

A man who took history in his hands and bent the arc of the moral universe toward justice

— Barack Obama

Moammar Gadhafi had more American blood on his hands than any individual other than Osama bin Laden.

— Barack Obama

No one in America should ever be afraid to walk down the street holding the hand of the person they love.

— Barack Obama

We will outstretch the hand if you unclench your fist.

— Barack Obama

If any individual who objects to government policy can take it in their own hands to publicly disclose classified information, then we…

— Barack Obama

To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong…

— Barack Obama

If 90 percent or 95 percent of those - chemical stockpiles [in Syria] were eliminated, that's a lot of chemical weapons that…

— Barack Obama

There's no black male my age, who's a professional, who hasn't come out of a restaurant and is waiting for their car…

— Barack Obama

On the other hand, it is also undeniable that the Palestinian people - Muslims and Christians - have suffered in pursuit of…

— Barack Obama

Rather than me sort of characterize the appropriateness or inappropriateness of what Donald Trump is doing at the moment, I think what…

— Barack Obama

I think we can provide common-sense approaches to the issue of illegal guns that are ending up on the streets. We can…

— Barack Obama

My biggest frustration so far is the fact that this society has not been willing to take some basic steps to keep…

— Barack Obama

For America to get more entangled militarily in Syria is a serious step, and we have to do so making absolutely certain…

— Barack Obama

Our enemies are fully aware that they can use oil as a weapon against America. And if we don't take this threat…

— Barack Obama

On the one hand information is moving quick or the way in which people consume information is changing so fast. Clearly this…

— Barack Obama

To all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces, to those who are huddled around radios in the…

— Barack Obama

We have to enforce the laws we've already got, make sure that we're keeping guns out of the hands of criminals, those…

— Barack Obama

The only time I get frustrated with activist criticism is if I have recognized them, and invited them to work with me…

— Barack Obama

To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect. To those leaders around the…

— Barack Obama

Americans have always pursued our dreams within a free market that has been the engine of our progress. It's a market that…

— Barack Obama

We Americans are not an inherently more violent people than folks in other countries. We're not inherently more prone to mental health…

— Barack Obama

I think back to the day I drove Michelle and a newborn Malia home from the hospital nearly 11 years ago -…

— Barack Obama

There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as president.…

— Barack Obama

The fear among economists across the political spectrum that was - was that we were rapidly plummeting towards a second Great Depression.…

— Barack Obama

When we were working on immigration reform and there was a young Latino man, young immigration activist here who, in the Roosevelt…

— Barack Obama

On September 11th, 2001, in our time of grief, the American people came together. We offered our neighbors a hand and we…

— Barack Obama

The Supreme Court nominations [example]. I mean, the fact that Mitch McConnell, the leader of the Republicans, was able to just stop…

— Barack Obama

When I touched my hand against the Western Wall and placed my prayer between its ancient stones, I thought of all the…

— Barack Obama