We''ll build new ties of trade and of commerce, culture and education that unleash the potential of the Iraqi people. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I do think that you're starting to see young people pay attention to some longterm issues that they feel Washington has neglected. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We, the people, understand that our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The future belongs to young people with an education and the imagination to create. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I accept that people are going to call me awful things every day, and I will always defend their right to do… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Why hang out with celebrities when I can hang out with the people who made me one? — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton has been in politics for the same reason I am - because we can improve other people's lives by doing… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Today’s decision was a victory for people all across this country whose lives will be more secure. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We know that ISIL and other terrorist groups are actively encouraging people, around the world and in our country, to commit terrible… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
But it will depend on young people like you being open to new ideas and new possibilities. And it will require young… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Health care got done because there were a lot of people out there who aren't professional politicians, but are citizens, who pushed… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think it's true that we shouldn't apply a strict litmus test and the most important thing in any judge is their… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
For me, Lincoln is like just a handful of people - a Gandhi, or a Picasso, or a Martin Luther King Jr.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The globe is shrinking, the information age is bringing a lot of changes. People are anxious about their future and their children's… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I said in a forum on health care if the Republicans can come up with a system that insures more people cheaper,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If we have a phased redeployment where we're as careful getting out as we were careless getting in, then there's not reason… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I applaud the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act. This was discrimination enshrined in law. It treated… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Who cares if it's a campaign strategy, and who are other people to say it's ridiculous? I'm not gay, but I strongly… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If we're not vigilant foreign countries can have an impact on the political debate in the United States in ways that might… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Here in the United States, hopefully, what we're building are not just pyramids, are not icons to one pharaoh. What we're building… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What I want to communicate is the fact that in all my travels throughout the Muslim world, what I've come to understand… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I was pretty realistic to people about what we could get done, and the situation we were in, and trying to tamp… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I don't expect that the president-elect [Donald Trump] will follow exactly our blueprint or our approach, but my hope is that he… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My goal is to maintain the international norm on banning chemical weapons. I want that enforcement to be real. I want it… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
No development strategy can be based only upon what comes out of the ground, nor can it be sustained while young people… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I just want people to know the facts and science and the information... measles is preventable. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I'd like to think that "President Obama believed deeply in this democracy and the American people." — 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
I don't want my generals or my defense secretary or my national-security team to ever feel deploying weapons to kill people as… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The reason we're governing right now is because we defeated moderate Republicans with moderate Democrats. And people need to be patient about… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There are war-torn countries, people full of poverty, who still voted 60, 70 percent. If here in the United States of America,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We can still see God in other people and do our best to help them find their own grace. So that’s what… — 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
The best education I received was working with people in the community on a grassroots basis. Because what it taught me was… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
But having made my decision as Commander-in-Chief based on what I am convinced is our national security interests, I will seek authorization… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The idea of America endures. Our destiny remains our choice. And tonight, more than two centuries later, it is because of our… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Since I've been in the Senate, is that my work with people like Tom Coburn on opening up transparency in government, making… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Our country was born out of a desire to be free. And every day since, it's been protected by our men and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
All too rarely do I hear people asking just what it is that we've done to make so many children's hearts so… — 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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