Michelle and I don't want anyone telling us who our family's doctor should be - and no one should decide that for… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I know CNN has taken some knocks lately but the fact is, I admire their commitment to covering all sides of the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My life story is something obviously that belongs to me very personally. And the fact of the matter is that I had… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
...I believe deeply that we canot solve the challenges of your time unless we solve them together - unless we perfect our… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
More than a building that houses books and data, the library represents a window to a larger world, the place where we've… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
And whether I earned your vote or not, I have listened to you. I have learned from you. And you’ve made me… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My biggest frustration so far is the fact that this society has not been willing to take some basic steps to keep… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
All of us have a responsibility to work for the day when the mothers of Israelis and Palestinians can see their children… — 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
In the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope. For when we have faced down impossible… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
America can do whatever we set our mind to. That is the story of our history, whether it's the pursuit of prosperity… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Look at Chancellor [Angela] Merkel, her personal story helps to tell a story of incredible achievement that the German people have embarked… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What the American people hope - what they deserve - is for all of us, Democrats and Republicans, to work through our… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We will remember that we are not as divided as our politics suggests; that we are one people; we are one nation… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Our resources may be finite, but our will is infinite, and I am confident that if we come together and summon that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I'm inspired by the people I meet in my travels--hearing their stories, seeing the hardships they overcome, their fundamental optimism and decency.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We know the battle ahead will be long, but always remember that no matter what obstacles stand in our way, nothing can… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
That is the story of our history - whether it's the pursuit of prosperity for our people or the struggle for equality… — 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
Even as we do all that's necessary to ensure Israel's security, even as we are clear-eyed about the difficult challenges before us,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The American story has never been about things coming easy. It has been about rising to the moment when the moment is… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The incredible story of progress that is America has always been built by those who ask why, what if, and why not.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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Although we may come from vastly different stories and very different walks of life, we are one people who possess common values… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
That's what the leadership was teaching me, day by day: that the self-interest I was supposed to be looking for extended well… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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Andrew Cuomo own story taught Andrew Cuomo that as Americans, we are bound together as one people, and our country's success rests… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There are so many errors and misstatements in that list that I won't even begin to name them. Obama was right about… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
That is the American story. People, just like you, following their passions, determined to meet the times on their own terms. They… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Islam has always been a part of America's story...and since our founding, American Muslims have enriched the United States. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
America is an unlikely place - a country built on defiance of the odds; on a belief in the impossible. And I… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Life takes its own turns, makes its own demands, writes its own story, and along the way, we start to realize we… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I remember reading [ Studs Terkel's] "Working" when it first came out and just finding that very powerful. I was going into… — 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
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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
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