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Kids Quotes by Barack Obama

73 Kids quotes by Barack Obama

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A child in pajamas asks for comfort while the world changes around them. The quotes speak of giving kids more chances, seeing them earn top scores, and preparing them for a fast‑changing future. They also note that families and jobs shift, so children need steady support and hope.

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When I was a kid I inhaled frequently. That was the point.

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Literacy is the most basic currency of the knowledge economy.

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Reading makes all other learning possible. We have to get books into our children's hands early and often.

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Each of us deserves the freedom to pursue our own version of happiness. No one deserves to be bullied.

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We need to teach our kids that it’s not just the winner of the Super Bowl who deserves to be celebrated, but…

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[White House] feels even more like home now because you have all these memories that were formed watching your kids grow up.

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We made America more respected around the world, took on the mantle of leadership in the fight to protect this planet for…

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Your kids grow up. I think they more than anything are making me feel as if, you know, you want to squeeze…

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You don't know how it would have turned out if [kids] would grown up in Chicago instead, and a more normal environment.

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My hope would be that, as we're moving through the world right now, we're able to get that psychological or emotional peace…

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Our kids grew up here [in the White House]. Some of our best friends have been made here in this place. There…

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My sister is a teacher, so I am a strong support of teachers, but I'm not going to be bound by just…

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I think what grows the economy is when you get that tax credit that we put in place for your kids going…

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I look at some of the kids that I interact with, and they were born with so many disadvantages. And you could…

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I find it hard to believe that my God would consign four-fifths of the world to hell. I can't imagine that my…

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You may want to prove that you're worthy of other kids or neighbors who were wealthier than you and teased you. You…

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It is my view that if society was doing the right thing with respect to you, [and there were] programs targeted at…

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I have to say that my kids, like every child in America, is completely absorbed with Harry Potter. And so, I have…

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My goal is to maintain the international norm on banning chemical weapons. I want that enforcement to be real. I want it…

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As I got older, then my particular ambitions started cohering around creating a world in which people of different races or backgrounds…

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Let's also make sure that a high school diploma puts our kids on a path to a good job. Right now, countries…

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Our job as Americans is to restore that basic bargain that says, if you work hard, if you're willing to meet your…

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I said to one young activist who herself was the daughter of an undocumented worker, and so could speak from a very…

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If you're willing to put in the work, the idea is that you should be able to raise a family and own…

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There are a lot of very religious scientists around. I think the problem here is that in our school systems, and to…

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I was raised by a single mom who had to put herself through school while looking after two kids. And she worked…

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You wouldn't know that if you talked to Human Rights Watch or Amnesty International or some of the international activist organizations. Certainly…

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We've now got a group of young people in this country who for all practical purposes are American. They grew up here.…

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[My kids] complained about Secret Service as they became teenagers, and Secret Service has done the very best job they could accommodating…

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We have to think about affirmative action and craft it in such a way where some of our children, who are advantaged,…

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There is a certain percentage of the white population ... if they started having more middle-class black kids who are friends with…

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Libraries have a special role to play in our knowledge economy. Your institutions have been and should be a place where parents…

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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.…

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All I can say is [kids] have turned out to be terrific young women. We were concerned mostly about whether they'd develop…

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[The White House staff] start bringing in their kids, who you think should be babies and now are in second grade or…

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After I received the news, Malia walked in and said, "Daddy, you won the Nobel Peace Prize, and it is Bo's birthday!"…

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If we truly believe in our public schools, then we have a moral responsibility to do better - to break the either-or…

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People take pride in being Irish-American and Italian-American. They have a particular culture that infuses the whole culture and makes it richer…

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Our unalienable right to life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness, those rights were stripped from college kids in Blackburg and…

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...as parents, we have to find the time and the energy to step in and help our children love reading. We can…

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The world is complicated and full of grays, but there's still truth there to be found.

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I can say across Europe that many principles that have been taken for granted here around free speech, and around civil liberties and an…

So Americans understand the costs of war. Yet as a country, we will never tolerate our security being threatened, nor stand idly by when…

I want to thank the Greek people publicly for their humanitarian response to the crisis of so many migrants and refugees seeking safety in…

We had a farewell dinner for some of my senior staff, and generally everybody likes to talk about how cool I was.

It's good to get fresh legs in [the White house]. I think that it refreshes our democracy.

Believe it or not, entertainment is part of our American diplomacy, it is part of what makes us exceptional, part of what makes us…