You might slow down a little bit, you might not jump as high as you used to, but I know what I'm… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The Freedom of Information Act should be administered with a clear presumption: In the face of doubt, openness prevails. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You might not be ready for diplomacy with Beijing if you can't visit the Olympics without insulting our closest ally, — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
But having made my decision as Commander-in-Chief based on what I am convinced is our national security interests, I will seek authorization… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I don't wanna preempt an announcement next week. And there's a lot of technical aspects to it. And if I - say… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
All too rarely do I hear people asking just what it is that we've done to make so many children's hearts so… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
No other country in the world does what we do. On every issue, the world turns to us, not simply because of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If we have a phased redeployment where we're as careful getting out as we were careless getting in, then there's not reason… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There are some who might say that somebody named Barack Obama can't be elected senator in the state of Illinois. They're probably… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think that Donald Trump is coming to this office with fewer set hard-and-fast policy prescriptions than a lot of other presidents… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
On Easter or Christmas Day, my mother might drag me to church, just as she dragged me to the Buddhist temple, the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I won Iowa not because the demographics dictated that I would win Iowa. It was because I spent 87 days going to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The leaders we revere and the businesses that last are generally not the result of a narrow pursuit of popularity or personal… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think when you're governing, it will become increasingly apparent that if you were to just eliminate trade deals with Mexico, for… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If we're not vigilant foreign countries can have an impact on the political debate in the United States in ways that might… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I would say of all the things that have happened during the course of my presidency the knowledge that you have hundreds… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In the absence of sound oversight,responsible businesses are forced to compete against unscrupulous and underhanded businesses, who are unencumbered by any restrictions… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you're 54 or 55, you might want to listen because this will affect you. The idea, which was originally presented by… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
And to all those who have wondered if Americas beacon still burns as bright - tonight we proved once more that the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I might have arguments with the size of Reagan's military buildup, but given the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, staying ahead of the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Whatever success I have achieved, whatever positions of leadership I have held have depended less on Ivy League degrees or SAT scores… — 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'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
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
There have been times where, let's say on LGBT issues, when we were trying to end Don't Ask, Don't Tell, and I… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Those who adhere to the ideology of rejecting Israel’s right to exist, they might as well reject the earth beneath them or… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
[When I ordered 30,000 more troops into Afghanistan] that was the first time in which I looked out at a crowd of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
He [Barack Obama] might have a pen, and he might have a phone, but what he does not have is the constitutional… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Its [Dreams from My Father] also a reflection about how we might start a better conversation in our democracy about how to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Millions of us, myself included, go back generations in this country, with ancestors who put in the painstaking work to become citizens.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My identity might begin with the fact of my race, but it didn't, couldn't end there. At least that's what I would… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If [black] nationalism could create a strong and effective insularity, deliver on its promise of self-respect, then the hurt it might cause… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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I've said consistently that I always reserve the right, in conjunction with a broader international effort, to prevent genocide or any wholesale… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It's up to [Angela Merkel] whether she wants to stand again and then ultimately, it'll be up to the German people to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you were president 50 years ago, the tragedy in Syria might not even penetrate what the American people were thinking about… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I'm not the caricature that you see on Fox News or Rush Limbaugh, but I'm somebody who is interested in solving problems… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You might be locked in a world not of your own making, her eyes said, but you still have a claim on… — 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
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
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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
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
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
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We had a farewell dinner for some of my senior staff, and generally everybody likes to talk about how cool I was. — Barack Obama Copy Share
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![“I would say of all the things that have happened during the course of my presidency the knowledge that you have hundreds of thousands of people who have been killed, millions who have been displaced, [makes me] ask myself what might I have done differently along the course of the last five, six…” quote by Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53d/barack-obama-17_asks_i-would-say-of-all-the-things-that-have_2344415.jpg)
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