What I've said to [my team] is, "Look, we ran our leg of the race and we did a darn good job." — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Someone once said that every man is trying to live up to his father's expectations or make up for their father's mistakes… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
At any rate, here's what the president has said about Christianity and the Bible: — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I've said very clearly, including in a State of the Union address, that I'm against 'don't ask, don't tell' and that we're… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think [Obamacare] will survive. Or it may be called something else. And as I said I don't don't mind. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You might be locked in a world not of your own making, her eyes said, but you still have a claim on… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There's no doubt that probably at least once a week, maybe once a day, I said, "Ah, I should have done that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Now, some have said I blame too many problems on my predecessor, but let's not forget that's a practice that was initiated… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What I said to Donald Trump was that what may work in generating enthusiasm or passion during elections may be different than… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We will send an additional 475 service members to Iraq. As I have said before, these American forces will not have a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The one thing I've said to [Donald Trump] directly, and I would advise my Republican friends in Congress and supporters around the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The day after the attack, governor, I stood in the Rose Garden and I told the American people and the world that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What a vindication of the belief that ordinary people can do extraordinary things, what a reminder of what Bobby Kennedy once said,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Now, if you have or had one of these plans before the Affordable Care Act came into law and you really liked… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
As I've said, there were patriots who supported this war, and patriots who opposed it. And all of us are united in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I continue to believe when I said in Hanover, that the E.U. remains one of the world's great political and economic achievements,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
And I’ve said this all across the country when I talk to parents about education, government has to fulfill its obligations to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Let's also say that the Justice Department and the courts are making sure, as I've said in a speech before, that when… — 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
Rather take that moral sense and apply it to the particulars of a job that is going to test those ethical and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You know, when Trayvon Martin was first shot I said that this could have been my son. Another way of saying that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When Americans are called on to innovate, that's what we do - whether it's making more fuel-efficient cars or more fuel-efficient appliances,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When we helped prevent the massacre of civilians trapped on a distant mountain, here's what one of them said: "We owe our… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You got into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Nobody said democracies supposed to be easy. It's hard. And in a big country like America, it probably should be hard. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Before I even came into office, I said that preventing Iran from getting a nuclear weapon was a priority. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I said in a forum on health care if the Republicans can come up with a system that insures more people cheaper,… — 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
We've said to the Iranians all along . . . we still remain open to diplomacy. But it's been very clear that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think I will still feel that same appreciation for what [Winston] Churchill and others have said is the worst form of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I said this right after the election - we have to remind ourselves we're on the same team. Vladimir Putin's not on… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Iran has to live up to its international obligations. . . . The president has said that our patience is not unlimited. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I've consistently said, we need to support charter schools. I think it is important to experiment, by looking at how we can… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I've said to [Donald Trump], and I think others have said to him that the day that he is the President of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The fact is that I'm also friendly with Tom Coburn, one of the most conservative Republicans in the United States Senate, who,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Our priority is to go after ISIL. And so what we have said is that we are not engaging in a military… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Even on health care what you've seen is a lot of stories surfacing lately about people who said, "Well, I voted for… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I've said consistently that I always reserve the right, in conjunction with a broader international effort, to prevent genocide or any wholesale… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If I'm president, some day, young kids will look at the world differently. They will say, I could be president some day.… — 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
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