It's hard to anticipate. I can tell you what I'm feeling right now is that I'm busier than I expected these last… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I hoped for something else. It's a simple dream, but it speaks to us so powerfully because it is our dream -… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think if you look at almost every year under every president over the last, I don't know, 20, 30 years, you're… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We too often let the material things serve as indicators that we're doing well, even though something inside us tells us that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Around the world, Gandhi, Nelson Mandela -- what they did was hard. It takes time. It takes more than a single term.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We've got some fundamental choices to make about the kind of country we want to be. Will we accept an economy where… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It is that promise that has always set this country apart-that through hard work and sacrifice, each of us can pursue our… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When people are judged by merit, not connections, then the best and brightest can lead the country, people will work hard, and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I have 90 percent or 95 percent support in the African American community and it's not sort of "Well, he's black, so… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I was raised by a single mom who had to put herself through school while looking after two kids. And she worked… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you're willing to put in the work, the idea is that you should be able to raise a family and own… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Yes, this is hard. But there should be no question that the United States of America is stepping up to the plate.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The true test of the American ideal is whether we're able to recognize our failings and then rise together to meet the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
This kind of gaping inequality gives lie to the promise that’s at the very heart of America: that this is a place… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In five days, you can turn the page on policies that put greed and irresponsibility on Wall Street before the hard work… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In recent years, we've become enamored with our own past success. Lulled into complacency by the glitter of our own achievements. We've… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What I'm asking for is hard. It's easier to be cynical; to accept that change isn't possible, and politics is hopeless, and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Those opportunity gaps begin early, often at birth. And they compound over time, becoming harder and harder to bridge, making too many… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
This is why the anti-discrimination principle being enforced is important. Because it won't stop if some of the underlying biases aren't challenged… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The violence engulfing the region today has made too many Israelis ready to abandon the hard work of peace. But let’s be… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The federal government and our democracy is not a speedboat. It's an oceanliner, as I discovered when I came into office. It… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We need to steer clear of this poverty of ambition, where people want to drive fancy cars and wear nice clothes and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The good news is I think there are a lot of young people certainly who were involved in my campaigns, and I… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When you take on the position of president, you are committing yourself to, first and foremost, protecting the American people. You are… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The bottom line is that it's hard to find a model in which you can practically administer and sustain political support for… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Our kids grew up here [in the White House]. Some of our best friends have been made here in this place. There… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think there are hard-liners inside of Iran that think it is the right thing to do to oppose us, to seek… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think my most important advice is to understand what are the foundations of a healthy democracy and how we have to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We have to have better intelligence. We have to have better interdiction capabilities. And so the issue is not how much we… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What we have to do is make sure that here in America, if you work hard, you can get ahead. If you… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We must begin by acknowledging a hard truth. We will not eradicate violent conflict in our lifetimes. There will be times when… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think that where I've gotten frustrated during the course of my presidency has never been because I was getting pushed too… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The Greek people have gone through some very difficult times and there's still a hard road ahead, but despite those hardships, Greece… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
... I just want to remind the owners and the players: you guys make money because you have a whole bunch of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
To sustain a governing majority, that requires an ability for Republicans and Democrats to find some common ground. And right now, the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
As a practical matter, it is hard to think of any society in human history in which a majority population has said… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
America's not just [about] looking out for yourself, it's not just about greed, it's not just about trying to climb to the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Mothers are the rocks of our families and a foundation in our communities. In gratitude for their generous love, patient counsel, and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I find it hard to believe that my God would consign four-fifths of the world to hell. I can't imagine that my… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Over the past eight years, the United States has worked hard to deepen partnerships across the region and across South-east Asia in… — 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
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 Image
It's good to get fresh legs in [the White house]. I think that it refreshes our democracy. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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 Image
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