I'm trying to move an aircraft carrier here, I'm not just steering the speedboat. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
History doesn't always move in a straight line. Sometimes it zigs and zags. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Slowly, but surely, we are moving in the right direction. We're on the right track. The economy is getting stronger — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Instead of giving in to cynicism and division, let's move forward with the confidence and optimism and unity that define us as… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What the American people understand is that I look at what we need to get done to keep the American people safe… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
To look at the issue of life and abortion, actually we're moving in that direction where most Americans oppose most abortions. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We've come to be consumed by a 24-hour, slash-and-burn, negative ad, bickering, small-minded politics that doesn't move us forward. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The path of America's development is never a straight line. Sometimes we move in ways that are forwards; sometime that seem back. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What we have to do moving forward is to make sure that small businesses that account for most of the job growth… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think it's about time! Who cares whether he is looking for votes or not! At least your country is moving forward… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
On the one hand information is moving quick or the way in which people consume information is changing so fast. Clearly this… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We've come to be consumed by a 24-hour, slash-and-burn, negative ad, bickering, small-minded politics that doesn't move us forward. Sometimes one side… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
To resolve this issue will require Iran to come to the table and discuss in a clear and forthright way how to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My expectation would be that if we can begin discussions soon, shortly after the Iranian elections, we should have a fairly good… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I spoke on the phone with President Rouhani of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The two of us discussed our ongoing efforts… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When you're a candidate and you say something that is inaccurate or controversial, it has less impact than it does when you're… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I do think that saving the economy was a pretty big deal. We did a lot of stuff early that ended up… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you look at the current Mosul campaign against ISIL, for example the few thousand troops that we have there to support… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I still don't feel responsible for what Donald Trump says or does. But I do feel a responsibility as president of the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I started as a community organizer. Every one of my campaigns was premised on getting new people involved. And if there's a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The promotion of human rights cannot be about exhortation alone. At times, it must be coupled with painstaking diplomacy. I know that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I began feeling the way I imagine an actor or athlete must feel when, after years of commitment to a particular dream...he… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
...I believe deeply that we canot solve the challenges of your time unless we solve them together - unless we perfect our… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
[With Donald Trump] we are moving into an era where a lot of people get their information through tweets and sound bites… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It is time to leave behind the divisive battles of the past. It is time to move forward as one nation. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We have a choice. We can shape our future, or let events shape it for us. And if we want to succeed,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My hope and expectation is that regardless of what Donald Trump said during the campaign, he's going to have to look carefully… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Nothing is more powerful than the black church experience. A good choir and a good sermon in the black church, it's pretty… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Obviously, if Congress wants to talk about anything, we're happy to provide information. We're committed to moving forward under the current act. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There are institutional obligations I have to carry out that are important for a president of the United States to carry out,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
This notion that's peddled by the religious right - that they are oppressed is not true. Sometimes it's a cynical ploy to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There are millions of Americans outside Washington who are tired of stale political arguments and are moving this country forward. They believe,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think Dona;d Trump is sincere in wanting to be a successful president and moving this country forward and I don't think… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think that to the extent that we focus on problems where we can build a moral and a political consensus, then… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There's something about the American spirit - inherent in the American spirit -- we don't hang on to the past. We always… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The first thing I would do would be to move forward with an agenda to make sure that we give D.C. the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We've got a tax code that is encouraging flight of jobs and outsourcing. And that's why we've specifically recommended ... that Congress… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It is my view that if society was doing the right thing with respect to you, [and there were] programs targeted at… — 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
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
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
The world is complicated and full of grays, but there's still truth there to be found. — Barack Obama Copy Share
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
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
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
It's good to get fresh legs in [the White house]. I think that it refreshes our democracy. — Barack Obama Copy Share
Believe it or not, entertainment is part of our American diplomacy, it is part of what makes us exceptional, part of what makes us… — Barack Obama Copy Share
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