“faith doesn't mean that you don't have doubts... [you] still experience the same greed, resentment, lust, and anger that everyone else experienced...… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
A better politics is one where we appeal to each other’s basic decency instead of our basest fears. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Before we get too depressed about the state of our politics, let's remember our history ..... Many forms of Government have been… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There is nothing wrong with our country, there is something wrong with our politics...When this country is operating off a common ground,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you hear what people had to say about Abraham Lincoln or what they had to say about FDR, or what they… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
another tradition to politics, a tradition (of politics) that stretched from the days of the country’s founding to the glory of the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Back in the '50s and '60s, most politicians were concerned about not talking about faith, partly because there were consequences you had… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
And let me say this as a politician I can promise you this, political leaders will never take risks if the people… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I have no patience with people who go around blowing up innocent people. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you look at how I've tried to and how I'll continue to try to govern, I'm not driven by some ideological… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I always believe that ultimately, if people are paying attention, then we get good government and good leadership. And when we get… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In my heart I know you didn't come here just for me, you came here because you believe in what this country… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Illinois preschoolers were temporarily saved from the debilitating effects of cereal and milk.” — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
For decades, our differences with Iran meant that our governments almost never spoke to each other. Ultimately, that did not advance America's… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I am going to be able to present to the incoming administration a country that is stronger. A federal government that is… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Its [Dreams from My Father] also a reflection about how we might start a better conversation in our democracy about how to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The men and women of America's homeland security apparatus do important work to protect us, and Republicans and Democrats in Congress should… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What I'm asking for is hard. It's easier to be cynical; to accept that change isn't possible, and politics is hopeless, and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In Africa, you often see that the difference between a village where everybody eats and a village where people starve is government.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Politics didn't lead me to working people. Working people led me into politics. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If we can’t puncture some of the mythology around austerity, politics or tax cuts or the mythology that’s been built up around… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Politics in this country [USA] is always tough. It's always contentious, because this is a big country and a diverse country, and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
As president, I decided that a strong, confident America could advance our national security by engaging directly with the Iranian government. We've… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
These days, the House Republicans actually give John Boehner a harder time than they give me. Which means orange really is the… — 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