What is portrayed as high-minded positions on issues sometimes is just designed to carve out some of their commercial interests. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I like my quiet time. There is a writer's sensibility in me sometimes, where I step back. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My job to the Muslim world is to communicate that the Americans are not your enemy. We sometimes make mistakes. We have… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Sometimes slow, steady effort is rewarded with justice that arrives like a thunderbolt. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
History doesn't always move in a straight line. Sometimes it zigs and zags. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I can be much more sarcastic and, I think, sometimes withering in my assessments of things than I allow to show in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Being a father is sometimes my hardest but always my most rewarding job. Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
People call me a socialist sometimes. But, no, you gotta meet real socialists. You'll have a sense of what a socialist is. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In our democracy and our civic discourse, it seems as if folks who take religion the most seriously are sometimes also those… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We should not anticipate that every time countries come together that we are doing some revolutionary thing. Instead of hitting home runs,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think sometimes Europe may take for granted the extraordinary progress that's been made over the last 40, 50 years. I recognize… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The problem is that young people are less likely to vote than older people. What results is a situation in which sometimes… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
That sort of lack of awareness on the part of an activist about the constraints of our political system and the constraints… — 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 think that sometimes the Democrats have to run upstream or swim upstream because we've got the Republicans making it out as… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You know, sometimes I'll go to an 8th-grade graduation and there's all that pomp and circumstance and gowns and flowers. And I… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I thought I could start over, you see. But now I know you can never start over. Not really. You think you… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The president and the executive branch are always going to have greater latitude and greater authority when it comes to protecting America… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Sometimes I wonder how much of these debates have to do with the desire, the legitimate desire, for that history to be… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Evil does exist in the world. A non-violent movement could not have halted Hitler's armies. Negotiations cannot convince al Qaeda's leaders to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It is very important for I think those of us who desperately want peace, who see war as, at some level, a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When you see a Donald Trump and a Bernie Sanders, very unconventional candidates, have considerable success, then obviously there's something there that's… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Here in Europe some of the challenges have to do with structures that are so complicated. You've got Brussels, and you've got… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I delivered a clear and forceful message that although we recognize Russia's intelligence gathering will sometimes take place even if we don't… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Sometimes Hillary Clinton doesn't get the credit she deserves. But the fact is, Hillary is steady, and Hillary is true. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Sometimes if your only approach is cutting spending at a time when the economy's contracting, then the economy will contract further. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The path of America's development is never a straight line. Sometimes we move in ways that are forwards; sometime that seem back. — 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
Sometimes it may seem as if progress is stalled but what history of post-war Germany shows is that strength and determination and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Now we're in the midst of not just advocating for change, not just calling for change - we're doing the grinding, sometimes… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I wonder, sometimes, whether men and women in fact are capable of learning from history--whether we progress from one stage to the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
This notion that's peddled by the religious right - that they are oppressed is not true. Sometimes it's a cynical ploy to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think I'm able to reach a lot of folks, despite the fact that the conventional news media sometimes says, "You know,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My job is to communicate to the American people that the Muslim world is filled with extraordinary people who simply want to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Ultimately, peace is just not about politics. It's about attitudes; about a sense of empathy; about breaking down the divisions that we… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In the Muslim world, this notion that somehow everything is the fault of the Israelis lacks balance - because there's two sides… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When any kind of military action is popular it's because either there's been a very clear, direct threat to us - 9/11… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I didn't have a perfect model, but I wanted to try to blend my own personal reflections and experiences with this broader… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We've come to be consumed by a 24-hour, slash-and-burn, negative ad, bickering, small-minded politics that doesn't move us forward. Sometimes one side… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
One of my strengths is I have a pretty even temperament. I don't get too high when it's high and I don't… — 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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