And I do not want, and I will not accept, a deal in which I am asked to do nothing, in fact,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We are not going to have a situation where our education spending goes back to its lowest level since the year 2000… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It may be something that future generations are more open to, but I am pretty confident that for the foreseeable future, using… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Going back to the discussion we were having about immigration reform, some of the most challenging discussions I've had are with activists… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If I'm president, some day, young kids will look at the world differently. They will say, I could be president some day.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you want to get at African American poverty, the income gap, wealth gap, achievement gap, that the most important thing is… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
How do we in the African American community build a culture in which we are saying to our kids, "Here's what it… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
[My kids] are, sweet, kind, funny, smart, respectful people, and they treat everybody with respect. That's not just the biases of a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You could analyze me and say that my father leaving and being absent was a motivator for early ambition, trying to prove… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The Democrats are as concerned about raising our kids and making sure that the values of empathy and hard work and discipline… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If we choose to keep those tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires, if we choose to keep a tax break for corporate… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Basically, I am a night owl. My wife is an early bird, so she goes to bed around 9:30, and my kids… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“The boarded-up homes, the decaying storefronts, the aging church rolls, kids from unknown families who swaggered down the streets - loud congregations… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
By hook or by crook, we're going to make sure that when I leave this office, that the country is more prosperous,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
After I received the news, Malia walked in and said, "Daddy, you won the Nobel Peace Prize, and it is Bo's birthday!"… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
[The White House staff] start bringing in their kids, who you think should be babies and now are in second grade or… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
As I got older, then my particular ambitions started cohering around creating a world in which people of different races or backgrounds… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I have to say that my kids, like every child in America, is completely absorbed with Harry Potter. And so, I have… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My goal is to maintain the international norm on banning chemical weapons. I want that enforcement to be real. I want it… — 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
You may want to prove that you're worthy of other kids or neighbors who were wealthier than you and teased you. You… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It is my view that if society was doing the right thing with respect to you, [and there were] programs targeted at… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I look at some of the kids that I interact with, and they were born with so many disadvantages. And you could… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think what grows the economy is when you get that tax credit that we put in place for your kids going… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When you've got little kids, and you're tucking them in. When you open a door and they're in their pajamas and they're,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We believed we could prepare our kids for a more competitive world. And today, our younger students have earned the highest math… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Part of what we have to do a better job of, if our democracy is to function in a complicated diverse society… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think that the FDA has not been able to catch some of these things as quickly as I expect them to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It's not enough to celebrate the ideals that we're built on, liberty and justice and equality for all. Those just can't be… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Our unalienable right to life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness, those rights were stripped from college kids in Blackburg and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
...as parents, we have to find the time and the energy to step in and help our children love reading. We can… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If we truly believe in our public schools, then we have a moral responsibility to do better - to break the either-or… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
People take pride in being Irish-American and Italian-American. They have a particular culture that infuses the whole culture and makes it richer… — 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
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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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