If you go out and make some things happen, you will fill the world with hope. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I happen to be a proponent of a single-payer, universal health care plan — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you look at Libya, I was deeply concerned about what would happen after Qaddafi was gone. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you've got a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I know CNN has taken some knocks lately but the fact is, I admire their commitment to covering all sides of the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We know what happens when Europeans start dividing themselves up and emphasizing their differences and seeing a competition between various countries in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You know, I think that we are going to be OK. Look, Malia is 10, so three years from now she is… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You have to be involved during midterm elections, you have to care about what happens at a school board level. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
California is our biggest economy. California is our biggest agricultural producer. So what happens here matters to every working American. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The United States, we know what happens when we start dividing ourselves along lines of race or religion or ethnicity. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
So we don't need more top-down economics. We've tried that theory. We've seen what happens. We can't afford to go back to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I could say, as a member of Congress, we usually get an alert if something is going to happen at the Capitol. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We cannot have a society in which some dictator some place can start imposing censorship here in the United States. If somebody… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I have to say that my kids, like every child in America, is completely absorbed with Harry Potter. And so, I have… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The banks, because of mismanagement, because of huge risk taking, are now in very vulnerable positions. We can expect that we're gonna… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The small irritations or indignities that we experience are nothing compared to what a previous generation experienced... It’s one thing for me… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What is also true is that partly because my docket was really full here, so I couldn't be both chief organizer of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I don't presume to have knowledge of what happens after I die. But I feel very strongly that whether the reward is… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My biggest frustration so far is the fact that this society has not been willing to take some basic steps to keep… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I was watching a documentary that during the Bay of Pigs crisis JFK had about two weeks before anybody reported on it.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I was pretty realistic to people about what we could get done, and the situation we were in, and trying to tamp… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When this crisis began, crucial decisions about what would happen to some of the world's biggest companies - companies employing tens of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Tonight, somewhere in America, a young person, let's say a young man, will struggle to fall to sleep, wrestling alone with a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When Americans are called on to innovate, that's what we do - whether it's making more fuel-efficient cars or more fuel-efficient appliances,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We had to get out of Chicago so quick. Election night happens, suddenly I'm talking to Ben Bernanke and Hank Paulson and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Simple exchanges can break down walls between us, for when people come together and speak to one another and share a common… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Environmentalism is not an upper-income issue, it's not a white issue, it's not a black issue, it's not a South or a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I started as a community organizer. Every one of my campaigns was premised on getting new people involved. And if there's a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
... 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
I was able to do that [showing up of Democratic benefits] when I was the candidate. But I've not seen or presided… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think what will happen with Donald Trump is there are going to be certain elements of his temperament that will not… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Learning to stand in somebody else's shoes, to see through their eyes, that's how peace begins. And it's up to you to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I want to deal with the homeless situation here in Washington, D.C. I think it is a travesty that we've got men… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Sometimes when these kinds of things happen, it can seem a little bit too much to bear. But what I want the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There are gonna be elections coming up among our NATO allies that we have to pay attention to. I anticipate that this… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It's no wonder that America's engagement in the region has strong, sustained, bipartisan support. So I'll be handing my successor a strong… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When I read history, I [see] what typically happens to presidents and the other party during tumultuous times and how people react… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I've said consistently that I always reserve the right, in conjunction with a broader international effort, to prevent genocide or any wholesale… — 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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