Those aren't the kinds of folks who represent our core American values. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I'm not talking about blind optimism, the kind of hope that just ignores the enormity of the tasks ahead or the roadblocks… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What we have to do moving forward is to make sure that small businesses that account for most of the job growth… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The bottom line is that it's hard to find a model in which you can practically administer and sustain political support for… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
For top executives to award themselves these kinds of compensation packages in the midst of this economic crisis is not only bad… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The interesting thing about the African-American experience in this country is that we are sort of a mongrel of people. I mean… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When any kind of military action is popular it's because either there's been a very clear, direct threat to us - 9/11… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If we have the kinds of confirmation that we need, we will once again work with the international community and the organization… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Many of us were kind of irritated with Obama for larding it with tax cut, which we didn't think was going to… — 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
If we think that we can secure our country by just talking tough without acting tough and smart, then we will misunderstand… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When Americans are called on to innovate, that's what we do - whether it's making more fuel-efficient cars or more fuel-efficient appliances,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think at a certain age I became conscious of the power of words. And it was fairly late. I was kind… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In America, we're getting too comfortable with our ability to take kinetic strikes around the world without having enough process to avoid… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
This kind of inequality - a level we haven't seen since the Great Depression - hurts us all. When middle-class families can… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
This notion that's peddled by the religious right - that they are oppressed is not true. Sometimes it's a cynical ploy to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We should foster a culture in which people's private religious beliefs, including atheists and agnostics, are respected. And that's the kind of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton was an outstanding secretary of state. She would never intentionally put America in any kind of jeopardy. And what I… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We can lose so much of what we've gained in terms of the kind of democratic freedoms and market-based economies and prosperity… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Honestly this is not going to change unless the people who want to prevent these kinds of mass shootings from taking place… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle, are motivated by all kinds of issues. They're sincerely interested in the economy,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
None of this is fair to you. And should it continue, it will make it more difficult to keep attracting the kind… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
More fundamentally, this kind of gaping inequality gives lie to the promise at the very heart of America: that this is the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
A central notion in the Affordable Care Act was we had an inefficient system with a lot of waste that didn't also… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I have no interest in increasing the size of government. I just want to make sure we have got a smart government… — 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