Cutting the deficit by gutting our investments in innovation and education is like lightening an overloaded airplane by removing its engine. It… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
And we can see the positive impacts right here at Solyndra. Less than a year ago, we were standing on what was… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There was a time when if you had a financial crisis in Southeast Asia somewhere, it had no impact on our markets.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Climate change constitutes a serious threat to global security, an immediate risk to our national security, and, make no mistake, it will… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The Tea Party I have huge disagreements with, obviously. But I give them credit for having activated themselves. And they made a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
This is not some distant problem of the future. This is a problem that is affecting Americans right now. Whether it means… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If we're not vigilant foreign countries can have an impact on the political debate in the United States in ways that might… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
One of the things you learn as president is, as powerful as this office is, you have limited bandwidth. And the time… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I do think that saving the economy was a pretty big deal. We did a lot of stuff early that ended up… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I don't think I underestimated [Vladimir Putin], but I think that I underestimated the degree to which, in this new information age,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity. We will respond… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Our planet is changing in ways that will have profound impacts on all of humankind. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Climate change is one of the issues I worry most about because its impacts are enormous. But they're gradual, they're not immediate. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science, but none can avoid the devastating impact of raging fires, and crippling drought,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You have people around the country who are benefitting from the steps that we've taken [with Obamacare] and as long as they… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think that there's no doubt that as I see friends, families, children of gay couples who are thriving, you know, that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When you're a candidate and you say something that is inaccurate or controversial, it has less impact than it does when you're… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Higher minimum wages, full-employment programs, early-childhood education: Those kinds of programs are, by design, universal, but by definition, because they are helping… — 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
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