In the wealthiest nation on Earth, no illness or accident should lead to any family's financial ruin. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It should be the power of our vote, not the size of our bank accounts, that drives our democracy — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
All people should be treated equally, regardless of who they are or who they love. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It's time to recognize that under the equal protection clause of the United States [Constitution], same-sex couples should have the same rights… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Without regard to whether some place is wealthy or poor, everybody should have the chance at clean air and clean water. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What we should be asking is not whether we need a big government or small government, but how we can create a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I'm willing to work with anyone of either party who has a good idea and the commitment to see through. And we… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My view is that discrimination against anyone at the ballot box is wrong and should have the full enforcement of the federal… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We have a historic opportunity to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons in Iran, and to do so peacefully, with the international… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My finely honed political instincts tell me that almost nobody believes that they should be paying higher taxes. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The fact is every single day in the ordinary American people, America's families have to make decisions about their families and that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
One of the great qualities of Chancellor Merkel is that she is steady. She analyzes a situation. She's honest. Sometimes we've had… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
[The White House staff] start bringing in their kids, who you think should be babies and now are in second grade or… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, you've grown up hearing voices that incessantly warn of government as nothing more than some separate, sinister entity that's at the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I want my children - I want Malia and Sasha - to understand that they've got responsibilities beyond just what they themselves… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I would say that I have been consistent in my broad view of how American power should be deployed, and the view… — 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
If we are enforcing what should be the rules around Medicare and making sure the people are getting the bang for the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
These kinds of tragedies [like shooting in Fort Lauderdale] have happened too often during the eight years that I've been president. The… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I am a fierce supporter of domestic-partnership and civil-union laws. I am not a supporter of gay marriage as it has been… — 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
It's a campaign strategy. He's all about getting the votes. I support gay marriage too, but Obama only does things to stir… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The Philippines made a lawful and peaceful effort to resolve their maritime claims with China using the tribunal established under the Law… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
So I'm not proposing anything radical. I just believe that anybody making over $250,000 a year should go back to the income… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Often the best source of information about waste, fraud, and abuse in government is an existing government employee committed to public integrity… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Secularists are wrong when they ask believers to leave their religion at the door before entering into the public square. Frederick Douglass,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Americans should tremble before suggesting that any fellow citizen lacks patriotism. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We should raise the minimum wage so that no one who works full time has to live in poverty — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Everybody potentially can make the claim that we should all be treated fairly. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Everyone on my team should be extraordinarily proud of what they have done. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If we're trying to protect the American public, we should not put in place a travel ban. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction. — 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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