I don't welcome leaks. There's a reason why these programs are classified. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What is portrayed as high-minded positions on issues sometimes is just designed to carve out some of their commercial interests. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We need to find a way forward to make sure that we can stop terrorists while protecting the privacy, and liberty, of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My relationship with Silicon Valley and the tech community historically has been really good. Many of these folks are my friends. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Granting such immunity undermines the constitutional protections Americans trust the Congress to protect. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
So I think it's important to understand that your duly elected representatives have been consistently informed about exactly what we're doing. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
With respect to the Internet and emails, this does not apply to U.S. citizens and it does not apply to people living… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Our efforts will only be effective if ordinary citizens in other countries have confidence that the United States respects their privacy too.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
One of the things we're going to have to discuss and debate is how are we striking this balance between the need… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think it's important to recognize that you can't have 100 per cent security and also then have 100 per cent privacy… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The challenges posed by threats like terrorism, proliferation, and cyber attacks are not going away any time soon, and for our intelligence… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We can give our intelligence and law enforcement community the powers they need to track down and take out terrorists without undermining… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The program grew out of a desire to address a gap identified after 9/11 ... The program does not involve the NSA… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If any individual who objects to government policy can take it in their own hands to publicly disclose classified information, then we… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
A number of countries, including some who have loudly criticized the NSA, privately acknowledge that America has special responsibilities as the world's… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
This Administration also puts forward a false choice between the liberties we cherish and the security we demand... That means no more… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Our intelligence agencies will continue to gather information about the intentions of governments - as opposed to ordinary citizens - around the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Those who are troubled by our existing programs are not interested in a repeat of 9/11, and those who defend these programs… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
US intelligence agencies will only use such data to meet specific security requirements: counterintelligence, counterterrorism, counterproliferation, cybersecurity, force protection for our troops… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Effective immediately, we will only pursue phone calls that are two steps removed from a number associated with a terrorist organization instead… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I wouldn't consider them acts of war, but I would consider them acts of property damage, commercial theft that are serious. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The programs that have been discussed over the last couple days in the press are secret in the sense that they are… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When it comes to telephone calls, nobody is listening to your telephone calls. That's not what this program is about. ... What… — 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… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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
![“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…” quote by Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/00d/barack-obama-17_black_that-is-another-theme-in-the-book-dreams_10185.jpg)
