It's easier to make negative attacks and simplistic slogans [in social media] than it is to communicate complex policies. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We can't afford more top-down economics. What we need are policies that will grow and strengthen the middle class. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
America, this is our moment. This is our time. Our time to turn the page of the policies of the past. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You know, there are certain things that make for good sound bites but don't always translate into good policy. — 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
I've said very clearly, including in a State of the Union address, that I'm against 'don't ask, don't tell' and that we're… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It is time to do away with work place policies that belong in a Mad Men episode. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Sanctions alone could not stop Iran's nuclear program. But they did help bring Iran to the negotiating table. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Let me be absolutely clear. Israel is a strong friend of Israel's. It will be a strong friend of Israel's under a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Hunger, disease and poverty can lead to global instability and leave a vacuum for extremism to fill. So instead of just managing… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The federal government and our democracy is not a speedboat. It's an oceanliner, as I discovered when I came into office. It… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It's probably a prerequisite for the job, or at least you have to have enough craziness to think that you can do… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Civility also requires relearning how to disagree without being disagreeable. Surely you can question my policies without questioning my faith or, for… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I get letters from [people getting insurance] right now. "You saved my child's life." "I did not have to sell my home… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Donald Trump will be the next president, the 45th President of the United States. And it will be up to him to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I honor, we honor the service of John McCain, and I respect his many accomplishments, even if he chooses to deny mine.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I remember when I was in Chicago and data started coming out that when black folks walk into an auto dealership, and… — 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… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Secularists are wrong when they ask believers to leave their religion at the door before entering into the public square. Frederick Douglass,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
At some fundamental level, religion does not allow for compromise. It insists on the impossible. If God has spoken, then followers are… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Both President Kennedy and President Reagan were roundly criticized by parts of the foreign policy establishment that felt they were being weak… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
No other advanced nation endures this kind of violence. None. Here in America, the murder rate is three times what it is… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There is probably a perverse pride in my administration... that we were going to do the right thing, even if short-term it… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Let's say hypothetically, knowing what we know now about public policy, that we could close the education gap so that it was… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
America, this is our moment. This is our time. Our time to turn the page on the policies of the past. Our… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I have been in Washington for a while now, and most things don't surprise me. The fact that twenty 6-year-olds were gunned… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We also think this is a reminder of the long tradition of bipartisan foreign policy that has been the hallmark of America… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You're going to face a choice in November. This is a choice between the policies that got us into this mess in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I do not accept that we cannot find a common sense way to preserve our traditions, including our basic second amendment freedoms… — 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
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
The key is whether or not we have got priorities that are working for you, as opposed to those who have been… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think that I'm a better speechwriter than my speechwriters. I know more about policies on any particular issue than my policy… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I'm confident that America's foreign policy rebalance to the region will endure beyond my presidency because it's in the national interest of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You don't like a particular policy or a particular president? Then argue for your position. Go out there and win an election.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There is a reason why George Washington is always one of the top three presidents, and it's not because of his prowess… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure... It is a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I find it amusing that those who helped to authorize and engineer the biggest foreign policy disaster in our generation are now… — 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 conservative revolution that Reagan helped usher in gained traction because Reagan's central insight - that the liberal welfare state had grown… — 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
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