If everybody voted, then it would completely change the political map in this country. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My administration is the only thing between you [CEO's] and the pitchforks. — 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
I have great respect for both President Obama and the office that he holds — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
A better politics is one where we appeal to each other’s basic decency instead of our basest fears. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You have to be organized, that you have to vote even when it's not exciting. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I invigorated the grassroots in the Republican Party as well as the Democratic Party. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My hope and expectation is that regardless of what Donald Trump said during the campaign, he's going to have to look carefully… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Well, for 18 months he's been running on this tax plan. And now, five weeks before the election, he's saying that his… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My God, Donald Trump is unfit! He's ill-tempered, he's unsuited, he is not qualified, he's unsuited to be president. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
First of all, I think everybody has to acknowledge don't underestimate the guy [Donald Trump], because he's going to be 45th president… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Politics has never been for the thin-skinned or the faint-of-heart, and if you enter the arena, you should expect to get roughed… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think [ unpopular presidential candidates ] indicates, at least on the Democratic side, that we've got more work to do to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton was an outstanding secretary of state. She would never intentionally put America in any kind of jeopardy. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We are the party of Roosevelt. We are the party of Kennedy. So don't tell me that Democrats won't defend this country.… — 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
When you take on the position of president, you are committing yourself to, first and foremost, protecting the American people. You are… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The federal government and our democracy is not a speedboat. It's an oceanliner, as I discovered when I came into office. It… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think it was not a bad idea to wrap Barack Obama in the mantle of Teddy Roosevelt. He's been assuming a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The ability of Republican leaders to rile up their base - helped along by folks like Rush Limbaugh, some commentators on Fox… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I was able to excite and engage people who previously hadn't been involved in politics, and part of the reason that I… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When you start just focusing exclusively on trying to tear the other person down instead of what you are going to do… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you hear what people had to say about Abraham Lincoln or what they had to say about FDR, or what they… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
To the extent that our political dialogue is such where everything is under suspicion, everybody is corrupt and everybody is doing things… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Donald Trump will be the next president, the 45th president of the United States. And it will be up to him to… — 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
I think Republicans now are recognizing that [Obamacare cancellation] may not be what the American people, including even [Donald] Trump voters, are… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You know, when I made a series of overtures to the Republicans, going over to meet with both Republican caucuses, you know,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
For Democrats who are feeling completely discouraged, I've been trying to remind them, everybody remembers my Boston speech in 2004. They may… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
One of the things that we have to change in this country is the idea that people can't disagree without challenging each… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I don't expect that the president-elect [Donald Trump] will follow exactly our blueprint or our approach, but my hope is that he… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Politics didn't lead me to working people. Working people led me into politics. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I always say that campaigning and governing are two different things. — 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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