There are institutional obligations I have to carry out that are important for a president of the United States to carry out,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
As you might imagine, if you're a teenager having a couple of people with microphones and guns always following you around, that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We are reorganizing how we work with state and local governments to make sure that we are not prioritizing families [for deportation],… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think that it's important for judges to understand that if a woman is out there trying to raise a family, trying… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you don't have good people, and you don't have a good process and you don't have, at some level, the basic… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Even when you go up ramp, and you think about [Franklin D. Roosevelt] wheeling himself up, you know, got a little cigarette… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you think that we've overregulated in the environmental space what I can show you is that we have tripled the amount… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I had said from the start that I thought Iraq was a mistake, that we should have stayed focused on Afghanistan. I… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think we have two conflicting traditions in this country. I think it's important for us to recognize that we've got a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There are a lot of very religious scientists around. I think the problem here is that in our school systems, and to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Here's a guy who says he's a great businessman. But it seems like a lot of Trump's business is built around stiffing… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The American people are a non-ideological people. They very much are looking for common-sense, practical solutions to the problems that they face.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What is true, and I think that we can't deny it, is that some of the same concerns about globalization, about technology,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The American people recognize that their careers or their kids' careers are going to have to be more dynamic. That they might… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Obviously, we've all had disagreements and differences in the past. I suspect we'll have them again in the future. But last night… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I hope people appreciate Chancellor Merkel because, although she traditionally is considered center-right and I'm considered center-left, the truth is that we… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I'm going to insist that we've got decent funding, enough teachers, and computers in the classroom, but unless you turn off the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think that we've had an economy that's been out of balance for too long. So the general principle of raising taxes… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When we think about immigration, we have to understand there are folks all around the world who still see America as the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think that I'll always remember the bust of Dr. [Martin Luther] King. I thought having an American here who represented rhat… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think that today, faith drives so much of our politics, that I thought, "If you don't talk about it, you are… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think the Greek people, although it is difficult and challenging and the politics of it I know are not good, should… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
America is the greatest country on Earth. But because of some of the mistakes that have been made, we, I think, are… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Jesus is an historical figure for me, and he's also a bridge between God and man, in the Christian faith, and one… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We should foster a culture in which people's private religious beliefs, including atheists and agnostics, are respected. And that's the kind of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What we have done, I think, is build a model from a lot of hard lessons in Afghanistan and Iraq but in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think that people are concerned about the breakdown of the family but they also don't want to see discrimination against gays… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There is a theory that basically says that we can shred regulations and consumer protections and give more and more to the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Physically, I feel probably as good as I've ever felt. And I've got as much energy as I ever did. But what… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think that there's a power in that [information through tweets and sound bites ]. There's also a danger, what generates a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Think about it: Iran, Cuba, Venezuela. These countries are tiny compared to the Soviet Union. They don't pose a serious threat to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think Ronald Reagan changed the trajectory of America in a way that Richard Nixon did not and in a way that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In that kind of environment, where there's so much skepticism about information that's coming in, we're gonna have to spend a lot… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think it's really important to enlarge the issue behind abortion. I have been serving for over two decades and I have… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My Bible tells me that if we train a child in the way he should go, when he is old he will… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think I'm the best president I've ever been right now. And I think the team that is operating right now functions… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I don't think that there's a hard-and-fast deadline. . . .What we have said all along is that this is not an… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I warn young people that I interact with about this - you get into unrealistic expectations where you think that, "Oh, we're… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Usually, I'm pretty good about sorting through the options and then making decisions that I'm confident are the best decisions in that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Look, first of all, the climate is changing. I don't think the science is clear what percentage is man-made and what percentage… — 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
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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
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![“As you might imagine, if you're a teenager having a couple of people with microphones and guns always following you around, that could grate on them. But you know, they've handled it with grace and I give Michelle [Obama] most of the credit for how well they've done, but I also just think they are…” quote by Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/214/barack-obama-17_couple_as-you-might-imagine-if-you-re-a-teenage_849053.jpg)
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