Each of us deserves the freedom to pursue our own version of happiness. No one deserves to be bullied. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Reading makes all other learning possible. We have to get books into our children's hands early and often. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Libraries have a special role to play in our knowledge economy. Your institutions have been and should be a place where parents… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We have to think about affirmative action and craft it in such a way where some of our children, who are advantaged,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There is a certain percentage of the white population ... if they started having more middle-class black kids who are friends with… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I'm determined to disagree with people without being disagreeable. That's part of the empathy. Empathy doesn't just extend to cute little kids.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
All I can say is [kids] have turned out to be terrific young women. We were concerned mostly about whether they'd develop… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Your kids grow up. I think they more than anything are making me feel as if, you know, you want to squeeze… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You don't know how it would have turned out if [kids] would grown up in Chicago instead, and a more normal environment. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
[White House] feels even more like home now because you have all these memories that were formed watching your kids grow up. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
But while they're adding teachers in places like South Korea, we're laying them off in droves. It's unfair to our kids. It… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It's a generational project just to get America to live up fully to its ideals and to have the kind of society… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
As has been well documented, I smoked pot as a kid, and I view it as a bad habit and a vice,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
At the dawn of the 21st century, where knowledge is literally power, where it unlocks the gates of opportunity and success, we… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We know that every father has a personal responsibility to do right by their kids - to encourage them to turn off… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I don't want to exaggerate; having as many African American men as we've had in the criminal-justice system, and the amount of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Affirmative action is not going to be the long-term solution to the problems of race in America, because, frankly, if you've got… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The American people recognize that their careers or their kids' careers are going to have to be more dynamic. That they might… — 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
There are a lot of very religious scientists around. I think the problem here is that in our school systems, and to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We've now got a group of young people in this country who for all practical purposes are American. They grew up here.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You wouldn't know that if you talked to Human Rights Watch or Amnesty International or some of the international activist organizations. Certainly… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Let's also make sure that a high school diploma puts our kids on a path to a good job. Right now, countries… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Our job as Americans is to restore that basic bargain that says, if you work hard, if you're willing to meet your… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I said to one young activist who herself was the daughter of an undocumented worker, and so could speak from a very… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We made America more respected around the world, took on the mantle of leadership in the fight to protect this planet for… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We need to teach our kids that it’s not just the winner of the Super Bowl who deserves to be celebrated, but… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
[My kids] complained about Secret Service as they became teenagers, and Secret Service has done the very best job they could accommodating… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My sister is a teacher, so I am a strong support of teachers, but I'm not going to be bound by just… — 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
My hope would be that, as we're moving through the world right now, we're able to get that psychological or emotional peace… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
[A] family with two kids that earns the minimum wage still lives below the poverty line. That's wrong. That's why, since the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My greatest hope is to be able to pass the same dreams and hopes and vision that I've been able to enjoy… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We [Americans] are a nation of immigrants. We all understand what this country has become because talent from all around the world… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you can look back and say, "The economy's better. Our security's better. The environment's better. Our kids' education is better," if… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Now, in practice, in daily social interactions, etc., there may be all kinds of biases and prejudices that are unspoken, that people… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We have to stand up for these issues when it's tough, and that's what I've done. I did it when I was… — 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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