America, this is our moment. This is our time. Our time to turn the page of the policies of the past. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We live in a moment when the dream of equal opportunity is within reach. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
...this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal... — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It is moments like these that force us to try harder, and dig deeper, and to discover gifts we never knew we… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Reflecting on his years in prison, Nelson Mandela wrote that there were dark moments that tested his faith in humanity, but he… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Our kids grew up here [in the White House]. Some of our best friends have been made here in this place. There… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
At the moment that we persuade a child, any child, to cross that threshold, that magic threshold into a library, we change… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
For me, personally, the most difficult moments had to do with not just terrorist attacks, but also shootings. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
If Mr. [Donald] Trump is up 10 or 15 points on Election Day and ends up losing, then, you know, maybe he… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There are very few moments in our lives where we have the privilege to witness history taking place. This is one of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The most powerful political moments for me come when I feel like my actions are aligned with a certain truth. I can… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
All of us share this world for but a brief moment in time. The question is whether we spend that time focused… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
America, this is our moment. This is our time. Our time to turn the page on the policies of the past. Our… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We also think this is a reminder of the long tradition of bipartisan foreign policy that has been the hallmark of America… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
From the first moment a woman dared to speak that hope - dared to believe that the American Dream was meant for her too - ordinary women have taken on extraordinary odds to give their daughters the chance for something else; for a life more equal, more free, and filled with more opportunity than they ever had. In so many… — Barack Obama Copy Share
Over the last few years a lot of people have become aware of the inequities in the criminal justice system, right now,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Rather than me sort of characterize the appropriateness or inappropriateness of what Donald Trump is doing at the moment, I think what… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
America, we cannot turn back. Not with so much work to be done. Not with so many children to educate, and so many veterans to care for. Not with an economy to fix and cities to rebuild and farms to save. Not with so many families to protect and so many lives to mend. America, we cannot turn back. We… — Barack Obama Copy Share
It's harder to end a war than begin one. Indeed, everything that American troops have done in Iraq -- all the fighting and all the dying, the bleeding and the building, and the training and the partnering -- all of it has led to this moment of success. Now, Iraq is not a perfect place. It has many challenges ahead.… — Barack Obama Copy Share
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I am absolutely certain that generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
One of the thing about being President - that can't be taught, you have to experience, is - there is the sheer weight of decision making. And when I make a decision to send 17,000 young Americans to Afghanistan - you can understand that intellectually. But understanding what that means for those families, for those young people - when you… — Barack Obama Copy Share
The American story has never been about things coming easy. It has been about rising to the moment when the moment is… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There are places and moments in America where this nation’s destiny has been decided...Selma is such a place. — 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
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 Copy Share Image
Throughout American history, there have been moments that call on us to meet the challenges of an uncertain world, and pay whatever… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 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
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
In a moment when the outcome of our revolution was most in doubt the father of our nation ordered these words be… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“At a time when our discourse has become so sharply polarized, at a time when we are far too eager to lay… — 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 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 always… — 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 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