Our government shouldn't make promises we cannot keep, but we must keep the promises we've already made. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Opportunity is who we are. And the defining project of our generation must be to restore that promise. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I don't want to make promises, not knowing what the situation's going to be three or four years out. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Now is the time to keep the promise of equal pay for an equal day's work, because I want my daughters to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Our environment is too important to neglect and it's time for the federal government to focus on real solutions and live up… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Its important for people to know that I will make many promises to get their votes. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
After a century of striving, after a year of debate, after a historic vote, health care reform is no longer an unmet… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We will keep the promise of Social Security by taking the responsible steps to strengthen it - not by turning it over… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The American people and the Israeli peoples share a faith in the future and believe that democracies can shape their own destinies… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We also recommit to supporting tribal self-determination, security, and prosperity for all Native Americans. While we cannot erase the scourges or broken… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
That's why I stand here tonight. Because for two hundred and thirty two years, at each moment when that promise was in… — 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
Now, as a nation, we don't promise equal outcomes, but we were founded on the idea everybody should have an equal opportunity… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We remember the surge and we remember the Awakening -- when the abyss of chaos turned toward the promise of reconciliation. By… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When we think about immigration, we have to understand there are folks all around the world who still see America as the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
More fundamentally, this kind of gaping inequality gives lie to the promise at the very heart of America: that this is the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
While we have come a long way since the Stonewall riots in 1969, we still have a lot of work to do.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I know starting careers in troubled times is a challenge, but it is also a privilege. Because it's moments like these that… — 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
What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility - a recognition, on the part of every American, that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
America, we cannot turn back. Not with so much work to be done. Not with so many children to educate, and so… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My top priority in any trade negotiation is expanding opportunity for hardworking Americans. It's no secret that past trade deals haven't always… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Faced with the potential of mass atrocities and a call for help from the Libyan people, the United States and our friends… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Some technologies don't pan out; some companies fail. But I will not walk away from the promise of clean energy. ... I… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If we're going to prevent people from being susceptible to the false promises of extremism, then the international community has to offer… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we've struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There was never a promise that race relations in America would be entirely resolved during my presidency or anybody's presidency. I mean,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It is that promise that has always set this country apart-that through hard work and sacrifice, each of us can pursue our… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If [black] nationalism could create a strong and effective insularity, deliver on its promise of self-respect, then the hurt it might cause… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Our government should work for us, not against us. It should help us, not hurt us. It should ensure opportunity not just… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Today, we are closer to fulfilling America's promise of economic and social justice because we stand on the shoulders of giants like… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I believe we can keep the promise of our founders, the idea that if you're willing to work hard, it doesn't matter… — 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
This kind of gaping inequality gives lie to the promise that’s at the very heart of America: that this is a place… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Let us keep that promise – that American promise – and in the words of Scripture -- hold firmly, without wavering, to… — 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
When it comes to the war in Iraq, the time for promises and assurances for waiting and for patience is over. Too… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
And that means that no matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise to the American people: If you… — 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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