It betrays a poverty of ambition if all you think about is what goods you can buy instead of what good you… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you like your doctor or health care provider, you can keep them. If you like your health care plan, you can… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The Holy Koran teaches that whoever kills an innocent is as - it is as if he has killed all mankind. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you don't have a record to run on, you paint your opponent as someone to run from. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you have a family member who maybe is undocumented, then you have an even greater reason to vote. — 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
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
This is a core principle of my presidency - if you threaten America, you will find no safe haven. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If there's a senior citizen in downstate Illinois that's struggling to pay for their medicine and having to chose between medicine and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you're reading something from a Nobel Prize-winning physicist next to some guy in his underwear writing in his basement, or his… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If the Court finds that there is not a state interest in discriminating and showing moral disapproval of homosexuality then we can't… — 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
If we have a phased redeployment where we're as careful getting out as we were careless getting in, then there's not reason… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I don't want my generals or my defense secretary or my national-security team to ever feel deploying weapons to kill people as… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If Democrats are not showing up in those [rural] places even if you're not gonna win right away but if you're not… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There are war-torn countries, people full of poverty, who still voted 60, 70 percent. If here in the United States of America,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think when you're governing, it will become increasingly apparent that if you were to just eliminate trade deals with Mexico, for… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think that what is always true when you run against an incumbent president is, is that you end up talking more… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We do not want to keep our troops in Afghanistan. We see no military - we seek no military bases there. It… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Both President Kennedy and President Reagan were roundly criticized by parts of the foreign policy establishment that felt they were being weak… — 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
I don't expect that the president-elect [Donald Trump] will follow exactly our blueprint or our approach, but my hope is that he… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It is now our generation's task to carry on what those pioneers began. For our journey is not complete until our wives,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I might have arguments with the size of Reagan's military buildup, but given the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, staying ahead of the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Sometimes people just feel as if we want to try something to see if we can shake things up. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I believe that if we stop talking at one another and start talking with one another, we can get a lot done. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Nobody cares how tough your upbringing was. Nobody cares if you suffered some discrimination. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
On every continent, there are girls who will go on to change the world in ways we can only imagine, if only… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Sometimes if your only approach is cutting spending at a time when the economy's contracting, then the economy will contract further. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you want to know who we are, who America is, how we respond to evil-that's it: selflessly, compassionately, unafraid. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you actually took the number of Muslims Americans, we'd be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If everybody who voted in 2008 shows up in 2010, we will win this election. We will win this election. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If we're trying to protect the American public, we should not put in place a travel ban. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The spirit's there and that's not just my imagination. I think if you look at surveys and attitudes among young people, you… — 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 — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you like your healthcare plan, you'll be able to keep your healthcare plan, period. No one will take it away, no… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There are places I want to visit where if I'm wearing a baseball cap and some sunglasses I think I can get… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Fear, uncertainty and discomfort are your compasses toward growth. If you run you stand a chance of losing, but if you don't… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If there's one thing I would like to see, it'd be for us to be able to price the cost of carbon… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Across the globe there are girls who will one day lead nations, if only we afford them the chance to choose their… — 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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