[People] are looking for some means of control and what that means is is that the politics in all of our countries… — 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
A political consultant, when we first started thinking about Senate race, said, "You can have one funny name. You can be 'Barack… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Just from a political perspective, do you think the president of the United States going into re-election wants gas prices to go… — 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
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 am designating a new Director of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers to cut through red tape and ensure that the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to the suffering outside… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
America, we weaken our ties when we allow our political dialogue to become so corrosive that people of good character aren't even… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The role of government has never been to plan every detail or dictate every outcome. At its best, government has simply knocked… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What I consistently say to young people - I say it in the United States, but I'll say it here in Germany… — 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
The more we can encourage entrepreneurship, particularly for young people, the more they have hope. That requires some reforms in these [African]… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I could never be a politician. But as uncomfortable as I would be doing so, I have no problem with Obama's long-planned… — 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
If we choose only to expose ourselves to opinions and viewpoints that are in line to our own, we become more polarized,… — 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
Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
People don't expect government to solve all their problems. But they sense, deep in their bones, that with just a slight change… — 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
I've been involved in the intelligence side of the federal government for a long time. We all know that we have to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The trick is figuring out how do we structure government systems that pool resources and hence facilitate some [wealth] redistribution -- because… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Generally, the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties, says what the states can't do to you. Says what the federal government… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Some of the same politicians and pundits that are so quick to reject the possibility of a diplomatic solution to Iran's nuclear… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The Internet didn't get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If we have the kinds of confirmation that we need, we will once again work with the international community and the organization… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“No, what's troubling is the gap between the magnitude of our challenges and the smallness of our politics--the ease with which we… — 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
Most people who serve in Washington have been trained either as lawyers or as political operatives--professions that tend to place a premium… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
For the first time in our history, the winners of the White House Turkey Pardon were chosen through a highly competitive online… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
But what I would say to my successor is that it is important not just to shoot but to aim. And it… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There are millions of Americans outside Washington who are tired of stale political arguments and are moving this country forward. They believe,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It's time to fundamentally change the way that we do business in Washington. To help build a new foundation for the 21st… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Get involved in an issue that you're passionate about. It almost doesn't matter what it is ... We give too much of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you look at sort of how politics has divided itself here in this country, the big divide right now is between… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If we have Osama bin Laden in our sights and the Pakistani government is unable or unwilling to take them out, then,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Together, we could open up government and invite citizens in, while connecting all of America to 21st century broadband. We could use… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We are reorganizing how we work with state and local governments to make sure that we are not prioritizing families [for deportation],… — 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
My wife has been my closest friend, my closest advisor. And ... she's not somebody who looks to the limelight, or even… — 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
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