That is the nature of democracy. It is hard. It is not always inspiring. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When your team loses, everybody gets deflated. And it's hard, and it's challenging. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Congress is hard to deal with, dealing with, you know, multiple parliaments and commissions and unions and this and that and the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Health care got done because there were a lot of people out there who aren't professional politicians, but are citizens, who pushed… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The things that led me to run for office - trying to figure out how we create an economy where everybody's got… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Nobody said democracies supposed to be easy. It's hard. And in a big country like America, it probably should be hard. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I'm a big football fan, but I have to tell you if I had a son, I'd have to think long and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think that Donald Trump is coming to this office with fewer set hard-and-fast policy prescriptions than a lot of other presidents… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The hard truth is carbon pollution has built up in our atmosphere for decades now. And even if we Americans do our… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Nothing is more powerful than the black church experience. A good choir and a good sermon in the black church, it's pretty… — 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
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
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
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
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
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
[...] we must start by inspiring our children with a sense of purpose...by nurturing their imagination so that they may dream big… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
After a decade of profligacy, the American people are tired of politicians who talk the talk but don't walk the walk when… — 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
Ultimately, peace is just not about politics. It's about attitudes; about a sense of empathy; about breaking down the divisions that we… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
But the question is, do we care enough? Do we care enough to keep standing up for the country that we know… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In the wake of 9/11, my meetings with Arab and Pakistani Americans, for example, have a more urgent quality, for the stories… — 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
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
The government can't solve every problem, but an enlightened government can make sure that people can work hard for their dreams and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We are still the America that does the hard things, that does the great things. We're the nation that always dared to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There are problems that just end up being really hard and by definition the only problems that come to my desk are… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The pyramids are one of those things that live up to the hype. They're elemental in ways that are hard to describe. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I always tell my staff, "Better is good." I'll take better every time, because better is hard. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What is the empathy deficit? The inability of people to stand in other folks shoes. It's hard to empathize with people who… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Better may not be as good as the best, but better is surprisingly hard to obtain. And better is actually harder than… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We lose ourselves when we compromise the very ideals that we fight to defend. And we honor those ideals by upholding them… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In Texas, we hold very dear to intrusions against our personal liberty. We fight very hard against that. — 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
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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