We can't afford more top-down economics. What we need are policies that will grow and strengthen the middle class. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It is our generation's task...to reignite the true engine of America's economic growth...a rising, thriving middle class. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Our first and immutable commitment must be to the security of Israel, our only true ally in the Middle East and the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Isil poses a threat to the people of Iraq and Syria, and the broader Middle East - including American citizens, personnel and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The last thing you want to do is raise taxes in the middle of the recession because that would just suck up… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I refuse to accept any approach that isn't balanced. I'm not going to ask students and seniors and middle-class families to pay… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I put forward a budget of what I called "middle-class economics" that continues to be fiscally prudent but makes necessary investments for… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In a summer marked by instability in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, I know the world also took notice of the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
This is the defining issue of our time. This is a make-or-break moment for the middle class and for all those who… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We can't have special interests sitting shotgun. We gotta have middle class families up in front. We don't mind the Republicans joining… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We've achieved this historic progress through diplomacy, without resorting to another war in the Middle East. I want to also point out… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
So I'm not proposing anything radical. I just believe that anybody making over $250,000 a year should go back to the income… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What can I do to make sure that middle-class families are feeling more secure, that more young people are able to access… — 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
We have to find ways in which, collectively, we agree there's some things that government needs to do to help protect us,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When this crisis began, crucial decisions about what would happen to some of the world's biggest companies - companies employing tens of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I'll go anywhere and I'll do whatever it takes to get this done. It's too important for Washington to screw this up.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What we have to do is make sure that here in America, if you work hard, you can get ahead. If you… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In Iraq and Syria, American leadership - including our military power - is stopping ISIL's advance, instead of getting dragged into another… — 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
I will cut taxes - cut taxes - for 95 percent of all working families, because, in an economy like this, the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
For the sake of our economy, our security, and the future of our planet, I will set a clear goal as President:… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you look at what happened, I came in the middle of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. And unlike… — 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 think that there is a particular mindset that was on display in the run-up to the Iraq war that continues to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Every single thing I've done, from the Affordable Care Act to pushing to raise the minimum wage, to making sure that young… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I would say this, I'll go back to those black ladies I was talking about who love them some Barack and love… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Without a deal [with Iran], the international sanctions regime will unravel with little ability to reimpose them. With this deal, we have… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
This is where I think policies do need to be somewhat race-specific, is making sure that institutions are not discriminatory. So you've… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We are going through historic times, and my vision is a world, first of all, in which America continues to be that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Who is Barack Obama? Contrary to the rumors you have heard, I was not born in a manger. I was actually born… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Third, we will continue to draw on our substantial counterterrorism capabilities to prevent ISIL attacks. Working with our partners, we will redouble… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We're going to have to invest in the American people again, in tax cuts for the middle class, in health care for… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I believe that the free enterprise system is the greatest engine of prosperity the world's ever known. I believe in self-reliance and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
As you travel through the Middle East what keeps on striking home to me is how similar everyone is, and yet the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Do not tell me that we're not drilling. We're drilling all over this country. I mean, I guess there's some - there… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The Asia Pacific is home to nearly half the world's population, a growing middle class and holds so much opportunity for us… — 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
![“Without a deal [with Iran], the international sanctions regime will unravel with little ability to reimpose them. With this deal, we have the possibility of peacefully resolving a major threat to regional and international security. Without a deal, we risk even more war in the Middle East and…” quote by Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/190/barack-obama-17_ability_without-a-deal-with-iran-the-internation_522652.jpg)
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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 get the black to see through the eyes of the white? Or the citizen to see through the eyes of the immigrant? Or the straight to see through the eyes of the gay? That has…” quote by Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/00d/barack-obama-17_black_that-is-another-theme-in-the-book-dreams_10185.jpg)
