I don't take a dime of their [lobbyist] money, and when I am president, they won't find a job in my White… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
People call me a socialist sometimes. But, no, you gotta meet real socialists. You'll have a sense of what a socialist is. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
One faction of one party, in one house of Congress, in one branch of government, doesn't get to shut down the entire… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“the big house and the nice suits and the other things that our money culture says you should buy ... betrays a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Families across America are feeling the pinch as they watch debts mount, bills pile up and savings disappear. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Ill use the money were no longer spending on war to pay down our debt and put more people back to work. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Higher education cannot be a luxury reserved just for a privileged few. It is an economic necessity for every family. And every… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I just want to say that the only thing less popular than putting money into banks is putting money into the auto… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Our resources may be finite, but our will is infinite, and I am confident that if we come together and summon that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you want some additional money for your school, we'll give it to you. But you've got to compete, show us that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Let's take the money that we've been spending on war over the last decade to rebuild America, roads, bridges schools. We do… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Oftentimes, misunderstandings and antagonism surfaces most strongly when economic times are tough. And that's not surprising. If everybody is working and feeling… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What we also have to recognize is that the deficit levels that I'm inheriting, over a trillion dollars, coming out of last year, that that is unsustainable. At a certain point, other countries stop buying our debt, at a certain point, we'd end up having to raise interest rates, and it would end up creating more economic chaos and potentially… — Barack Obama Copy Share
Let me tell you another place to look for some savings. We are currently spending $10 billion a month in Iraq when… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
To the extent that we've got a fiscal crisis right now, part of it is prompted by a bullheaded insistence on the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When it comes to the budget, we know that we shouldn't be cutting more on core investments, like education, that are going to help us grow in the future. And we've already seen the deficit cut in half. It's going down faster than any time in the last 60 years. So why would we make more cuts in education, more… — Barack Obama Copy Share
We need earmark reform, and when I'm President, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Instead of having a set of policies that are equipping people for the globalization of the economy, we have policies that are… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think that most Americans don't resent people for getting rich. They want to get rich themselves. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In a global economy where the most valuable skill you can sell is your knowledge, a good education is no longer just… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you looked at their cable bill, their telephone, their cell phone bill, other things they're spending money on, it may turn… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
No family should have to set aside a college acceptance letter because they dont have the money. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I don't think that any economist disputes that we're in the worst economic crisis since the great depression. The good news is… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Is this money well spent? This is taxpayer money, it is going to be adding to the deficit short term and if… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
That is the American story. People, just like you, following their passions, determined to meet the times on their own terms. They… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We are reminded that in the fleeting time we have on this Earth, what matters is not wealth or status or power… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When it comes to immigration, I have actually put more money, under my administration, into border security than any other administration previously.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When George Bush came into office, we had surpluses. And now we have half-a-trillion-dollar deficit annually. When George Bush came into office,… — 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
If you only think about yourself - how much money can I make, what can I buy, how nice is my house,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Our lives are now in a telephone, all our data, all our finances, all our personal information, and so it's proper that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I know that campaigns can seem small, and even silly. Trivial things become big distractions. Serious issues become sound bites. And the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Here's what I can tell the American people: 95 percent of you will get a tax cut. And if you make less… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We remain the most prosperous, powerful nation on Earth. Our workers are no less productive than when this crisis began. Our minds… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In order for us to compete with China, we've also got to make sure, though, that we're taking - taking care of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The Internet didn't get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What we shouldn't be doing is trying to take away your rights to bargain for better wages or working conditions... These so-called… — 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