Moments Quotes by Barack Obama

America, this is our moment. This is our time. Our time to turn the page of the policies of the past.

— Barack Obama

We live in a moment when the dream of equal opportunity is within reach.

— Barack Obama

We don't quit. I don't quit. Let's seize this moment.

— Barack Obama

This is the moment when we must come together to save this planet.

— Barack Obama

...this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal...

— Barack Obama

It is moments like these that force us to try harder, and dig deeper, and to discover gifts we never knew we…

— Barack Obama

For me, personally, the most difficult moments had to do with not just terrorist attacks, but also shootings.

— Barack Obama

Nobody wants to put the creditworthiness of the United States in jeopardy. Nobody wants to see the United States default. So we've…

— Barack Obama

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

— Barack Obama

At the moment that we persuade a child, any child, to cross that threshold, that magic threshold into a library, we change…

— Barack Obama

Reflecting on his years in prison, Nelson Mandela wrote that there were dark moments that tested his faith in humanity, but he…

— Barack Obama

There are very few moments in our lives where we have the privilege to witness history taking place. This is one of…

— Barack Obama

There are places and moments in America where this nation’s destiny has been decided...Selma is such a place.

— Barack Obama

America, this is our moment. This is our time. Our time to turn the page on the policies of the past. Our…

— Barack Obama

We also think this is a reminder of the long tradition of bipartisan foreign policy that has been the hallmark of America…

— Barack Obama

The most powerful political moments for me come when I feel like my actions are aligned with a certain truth. I can…

— Barack Obama

All of us share this world for but a brief moment in time. The question is whether we spend that time focused…

— Barack Obama

That's why I stand here tonight. Because for two hundred and thirty two years, at each moment when that promise was in…

— Barack Obama

In Europe, where the terrorist threat is probably greatest at the moment, the amount of information-sharing that's been taking place, the effectiveness…

— Barack Obama

Rather than me sort of characterize the appropriateness or inappropriateness of what Donald Trump is doing at the moment, I think what…

— Barack Obama

From the first moment a woman dared to speak that hope - dared to believe that the American Dream was meant for…

— Barack Obama

One of the things that I've learned, and I think we've all learned, is that we are not going to get the…

— Barack Obama

It's harder to end a war than begin one. Indeed, everything that American troops have done in Iraq -- all the fighting…

— Barack Obama

America, we cannot turn back. Not with so much work to be done. Not with so many children to educate, and so…

— Barack Obama

Although there are some parallels to the problems that we're seeing now and what we say back in the '30s, no period…

— Barack Obama

I know starting careers in troubled times is a challenge, but it is also a privilege. Because it's moments like these that…

— Barack Obama

One of the thing about being President - that can't be taught, you have to experience, is - there is the sheer…

— Barack Obama

I am absolutely certain that generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was…

— Barack Obama

The American story has never been about things coming easy. It has been about rising to the moment when the moment is…

— Barack Obama

If Mr. [Donald] Trump is up 10 or 15 points on Election Day and ends up losing, then, you know, maybe he…

— Barack Obama

Throughout American history, there have been moments that call on us to meet the challenges of an uncertain world, and pay whatever…

— Barack Obama

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

I've got certain responsibilities that I have to carry out in a very specific institution and in a specific moment in time.

— Barack Obama

Over the last few years a lot of people have become aware of the inequities in the criminal justice system, right now,…

— Barack Obama

This is our moment...while we breathe, we hope. And where we are met with cynicism and doubts and those who tell us…

— Barack Obama

America’s possibilities are limitless, for we possess all the qualities that this world without boundaries demands: youth and drive; diversity and openness;…

— Barack Obama

If we think that we can secure our country by just talking tough without acting tough and smart, then we will misunderstand…

— Barack Obama

“At a time when our discourse has become so sharply polarized, at a time when we are far too eager to lay…

— Barack Obama

In a moment when the outcome of our revolution was most in doubt the father of our nation ordered these words be…

— Barack Obama

Usually, I'm pretty good about sorting through the options and then making decisions that I'm confident are the best decisions in that…

— Barack Obama