I believe moderates will need to be driven out in order to usher in the progressive era. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My particular passion for Lincoln dates back from my earliest memories of politics. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
On the spectrum of successful politicians, I'm not introverted the way some have been. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We can seize this future together because we are not as divided as our politics suggests. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We shouldn't assume that government is always trying to do the wrong thing. — 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
Obama said if elected his government would "harness technology to confront the biggest challenges that America faces". — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Part of what's changed in politics is social media and how people are receiving information. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My view is that discrimination against anyone at the ballot box is wrong and should have the full enforcement of the federal… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I remember having meetings with Republican senators who initially had been trying to engage [Obamacare] but saw that the politics of 'no'… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The path towards sustainable energy sources will be long and sometimes difficult. But America cannot resist this transition, we must lead it. — 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
Let's agree, right here, right now, to keep the peoples government open and pay our bills on time. — 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
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
What I value most about Pastor Wright is not his day-to-day political advice. He's much more of a sounding board for me… — 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
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
If fake news that's being released by some foreign government is almost identical to reports that are being issued through partisan news… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I believe we can seize this future together, because we are not as divided as our politics suggests. [...] We are greater… — 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
But the question is, do we care enough? Do we care enough to keep standing up for the country that we know… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you give up on the idea that your voice can make a difference, then other voices will fill the void: lobbyists… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We have to find ways in which, collectively, we agree there's some things that government needs to do to help protect us,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The government of Libya announced the death of Moammar Gadhafi. This marks the end of a long and painful chapter for the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We do have to balance this issue of privacy and security. Those who pretend that there's no balance that has to be… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“The stakes involved in Washington policy debates are often so high-- whether we send our young men and women to war; whether… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Rather than me sort of characterize the appropriateness or inappropriateness of what Donald Trump is doing at the moment, I think what… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I found during the course of my political career on the national scene there's a point where the vanity burns away and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My finely honed political instincts tell me that almost nobody believes that they should be paying higher taxes. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When our government is spoken of as some menacing, threatening, foreign entity, it ignores the fact that in our democracy, government is… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Illinois preschoolers were temporarily saved from the debilitating effects of cereal and milk.” — 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
The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether government works. — 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
Nobody's madder than me about the website not working as well as it should, which means it's going to get fixed. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I guarantee that there is no political influence in any investigation conducted by the Justice Department or the FBI, not just 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
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