Winnie the Pooh seems to me to be a fundamental text on national security. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We, the people, still believe that every citizen deserves a basic measure of security and dignity. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The capacity of Iraq's security forces has improved, and Iraq's leaders have made strides toward political accommodation — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We reject the use of national security letters to spy on citizens who are not suspected of a crime. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We will kill bin Laden. We will crush al Qaeda. That has to be our biggest national security priority. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I am encouraged by the president-elect's [Donald Trump] insistence that NATO is a commitment that does not change. And his full commitment… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The greatest threat to U.S. and global security is no longer a nuclear exchange between nations, but nuclear terrorism by violent extremists… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We have now just enshrined, as soon as I sign this bill, the core principle that everybody should have some basic security… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We need to reduce our dependence on foreign oil by ending the subsidies for oil companies, and doubling down on clean energy… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I do believe that Chancellor Merkel and Germany are a lynchpin in protecting the basic tenets of a liberal, market-based democratic order… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We continue to believe that a two-state solution is the only way for the long-term security of Israel, if it wants to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I don't want my generals or my defense secretary or my national-security team to ever feel deploying weapons to kill people as… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
How you staff, particularly the chief of staff, the national security adviser, your White House counsel, how you set up a process… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The United States is imposing sanctions on individuals and companies working to advance Iran's ballistic missile program, and we are going to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
This Administration also puts forward a false choice between the liberties we cherish and the security we demand... That means no more… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, 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
My hope is that we can get a Republican-Democratic agreement on how we strengthen Social Security as well as looking at some… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I haven't been sorting through each and every aspect of this. Here's what I know: Hillary Clinton was an outstanding Secretary of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Israel has legitimate concerns about its security relative to Iran. I mean, you have a large country with a significant military that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I don't believe that the American people want us to focus on our job security. They want us to focus on their… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I continue to believe that she has not jeopardized America's national security. Now, what I've also said is that, and she's acknowledged,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In the wake of 9/11, my meetings with Arab and Pakistani Americans, for example, have a more urgent quality, for the stories… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We stand with Israel as a Jewish democratic state because we know that Israel is born of firmly held values that we,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I still don't feel responsible for what Donald Trump says or does. But I do feel a responsibility as president of the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The United States is committed to a regional order rooted in international rules and norms, including freedom of navigation, and the peaceful… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
As I said in my State of the Union address ensuring the security of the United States and the safety of our… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
As for Israel, our friendship is rooted deeply in a shared history and shared values. Our commitment to Israel's security is unshakeable.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
[We] are focused on protecting and defending our common security and upholding a rules-based order that undergirds the peace and prosperity of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I will call not just on Israel, but on the Palestinians, on the Arab States, and the international community to join us… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
A nuclear Iran is a threat to America's national security, and it is a threat to Israel's national security. We cannot afford… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Because of the internet and communications, the clash of cultures is much more direct. People feel, I think, less certain about their… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
For the sake of our economy, our security, and the future of our planet, I will set a clear goal as President:… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Climate change constitutes a serious threat to global security, an immediate risk to our national security, and, make no mistake, it will… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Our first and immutable commitment must be to the security of Israel, our only true ally in the Middle East and the… — 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
What makes [cyber security] difficult is because it's not just a government problem. It is a private sector and government problem. And… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Of course we [with Angela Merkel] discussed our commitment to meeting shared security challenges from countering cyber threats to ensuring that Iran… — 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
![“I am encouraged by the president-elect's [Donald Trump] insistence that NATO is a commitment that does not change. And his full commitment to NATO as the foundation for our international security I think is very important.” quote by Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e47/barack-obama-17_commitment_i-am-encouraged-by-the-president-elect-s_793195.jpg)
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