I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to. It belongs to you. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Tonight, let us think back to the sense of unity that prevailed on 9/11. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We're breaking protocol here. That's the good thing about being President - I can do whatever I want. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When our interests and values are at stake, we have a responsibility to act. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Through words he gave voice to the voiceless. Through deeds he gave courage to the faint of heart. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Iran is the latest expression of a deep, ancient, powerful culture that's different than ours. And we don't know how it's going… — 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
The reforms we seek would bring greater competition, choice, savings and inefficiencies to our health care system. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I decided to become a community organizer ... Change won't come from the top, I would say. Change will come from a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Progress does not compel us to settle centuries-long debates about the role of government for all time, but it does require us… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Throughout American history, there have been moments that call on us to meet the challenges of an uncertain world, and pay whatever… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The Internet and Twitter and all these things are very powerful, but it also means sometimes that instead of having a dialogue… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
This is our first task-caring for our children. It's our first job. If we don't get that right, we don't get anything… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We remain the most prosperous, powerful nation on Earth. Our workers are no less productive than when this crisis began. Our minds… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Jesus is an historical figure for me, and he's also a bridge between God and man, in the Christian faith, and one… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science, but none can avoid the devastating impact of raging fires, and crippling drought,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I feel good when I'm engaged in what I think are the core issues of the society, and those core issues to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My powers of empathy, my ability to reach into another's heart, cannot penetrate the blank stares of those who would murder innocents… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Race is still a powerful force in this country. Any African American candidate, or any Latino candidate, or Asian candidate or woman… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I remember reading [ Studs Terkel's] "Working" when it first came out and just finding that very powerful. I was going into… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity. We will respond… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Theoretically, you can make, obviously, a powerful argument that centuries of slavery, Jim Crow, discrimination are the primary cause for all those… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Now, in practice, in daily social interactions, etc., there may be all kinds of biases and prejudices that are unspoken, that people… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Yesterday, John McCain actually said that if he's president that he'll take on, and I quote, 'the old boys network in Washington.'… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
To overcome extremism, we must also be vigilant in upholding the values our troops defend because there is no force in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
This country of ours has more wealth than any nation, but that's not what makes us rich. We have the most powerful… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The arc of the moral universe may bend towards justice, but it doesn't bend on its own. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In the midst of economic recovery and global upheaval, disasters like this remind us of the common humanity that we share. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
While the future is unknowable, the winds always blow in the direction of human progress. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The wort terrorist attack in American history also brought out the best in our country...We are United as Americans. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
One of the things I think I can bring to the presidency is to make government and public service cool again. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
All of us - we should do everything we can to make sure this country lives up to our children's expectations. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The interests we share as human beings are far more powerful than the forces that drive us apart. — 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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