[About his marijuana use] I did. It's not something that I'm proud of. It was a mistake as a young man, but… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I face the world as it is and cannot stand idle in the face of threats to the American people. For make… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I've said many times around the world that like any government, like any country, like, any set of human institutions, we have… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think we would have made a lot more mistakes and would have accomplished a lot less had we not been grounded… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
But race is an issue that I believe this nation cannot afford to ignore right now. We would be making the same… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Climate change constitutes a serious threat to global security, an immediate risk to our national security, and, make no mistake, it will… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
America is the greatest country on Earth. But because of some of the mistakes that have been made, we, I think, are… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We don't turn back. We leave no one behind. We pull each other up. We draw strength from our victories, and we… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My job is to communicate to the American people that the Muslim world is filled with extraordinary people who simply want to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Someone once said that every man is trying to live up to his father's expectations or make up for their father's mistakes.... — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Of course, there is no question that Libya - and the world - will be better off with Gaddafi out of power.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What we can do is to live out our lives as best we can with purpose, and love, and joy. We can… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
These are young people who made mistakes that aren't that different than the mistakes I made and the mistakes that a lot… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I've got two daughters. 9 years old and 6 years old. I am going to teach them first of all about values… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I want every young man who sees me to know that I'm not that different from them. I wasn't born into wealth.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My job to the Muslim world is to communicate that the Americans are not your enemy. We sometimes make mistakes. We have… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
And above all, children need our unconditional love - whether they succeed or make mistakes; when life is easy and when life… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I know there are problems that I say to myself, If maybe I was a little more gifted I might have been… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My top priority in any trade negotiation is expanding opportunity for hardworking Americans. It's no secret that past trade deals haven't always… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We're not going to deputize a whole bunch of American citizens to start grabbing people or turning them in, in part because… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
For now, decisions are upon us and we cannot afford delay. We cannot mistake absolutism for principle or substitute spectacle for politics,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I had said from the start that I thought Iraq was a mistake, that we should have stayed focused on Afghanistan. I… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The profound mistake of Reverend Wright's sermons is not that he spoke about racism in our society. It's that he spoke as… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We learn from our mistakes, we do some reflection, we lick our wounds, we brush ourselves off - then we go forward,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I would have I think made a bigger mistake if I had said, "Eh, chemical weapons. That doesn't really change my calculus."… — 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