Find somebody to be successful for. Raise their hopes. Rise to their needs. — 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
You don't need to see my birth certificate, or my college records, or my legal writings, or... anything. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If we want America to stay on the cutting edge, we need young Americans to master the tools and technology that will… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
As you get older, your mind gets a little more set. And it needs the poking and prodding and breaking through of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The War on Drugs has been an utter failure. We need to rethink and decriminalize our marijuana laws. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Young men need to show women the respect they deserve and recognize sexual assault and to do their part to stop it. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
America remains the one indispensable nation. And the world needs a strong America. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I believe moderates will need to be driven out in order to usher in the progressive era. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
And so you [young Americans]need to be the Idea Generation. The generation who's always thinking on the cutting edge, who's wondering how… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Part of people's concern is just the sense that around the world the old order isn't holding and we're not quite yet… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There are times where I've made mistakes or our administration hasn't always aligned ourselves with the values we need to align ourselves… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We have an epidemic of fatherlessness here, and that's what I agree with the president [Barack Obama] on, and we should be… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Now, I've lived long enough to know that race relations are better than they were 10 or 20 or 30 years ago… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
And if we walk away now, if we simply retreat into our respective corners, we will never be able to come together… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think I'm able to reach a lot of folks, despite the fact that the conventional news media sometimes says, "You know,… — 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
On this Thanksgiving, as we spend time with our family and friends, let's all reflect on what we're thankful for in our… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Whatever success I have achieved, whatever positions of leadership I have held have depended less on Ivy League degrees or SAT scores… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
And when it comes to developing the high standards we need, it's time to stop working against our teachers and start working… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
A central notion in the Affordable Care Act was we had an inefficient system with a lot of waste that didn't also… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The time to fix our broken immigration system is now... We need stronger enforcement on the border and at the workplace... But… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Look, first of all, the climate is changing. I don't think the science is clear what percentage is man-made and what percentage… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We've got to be able to distinguish between dangerous individuals who need to be incapacitated and incarcerated versus young people who are… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
So long as I'm Commander-in-Chief, we will sustain the strongest military the world has ever known. When you take off the uniform,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We do need to make sure that we have an orderly, lawful immigration process. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The presidency has a funny way of making a person feel the need to pray. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Find somebody to be successful for. Raise their hopes. Think of their needs. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In order to make reforms sustainable, the Greek economy needs the space to return to growth and start creating jobs again. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
So we don't need more top-down economics. We've tried that theory. We've seen what happens. We can't afford to go back to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I hope we can all agree that, instead of continuing to subsidize yesterday's energy sources. We need to invest in tomorrow's. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
They say I need to be seasoned; they say I need to be stewed. They say, 'We need to boil all the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Their foreign policy is so disjointed, confusing, and chaotic that, really, people need to reexamine those who want to be involved in… — 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