If we're trying to protect the American public, we should not put in place a travel ban. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Sometimes people just feel as if we want to try something to see if we can shake things up. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you listen to the rhetoric, it is so over-the-top and so overheated, and most importantly, is not acknowledging the fact that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It is moments like these that force us to try harder, and dig deeper, and to discover gifts we never knew we… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When I was in Washington, I would usually get home from the Capitol at about 7:30 or 8, and I would try… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We have to have better intelligence. We have to have better interdiction capabilities. And so the issue is not how much we… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If Democrats are not showing up in those [rural] places even if you're not gonna win right away but if you're not… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I try to explain to them about the aloha spirit. And it's that spirit that I am absolutely convinced is what America… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I remember having meetings with Republican senators who initially had been trying to engage [Obamacare] but saw that the politics of 'no'… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When you try to sow the seeds of doubt in people's minds about the legitimacy of our election, that undermines democracy. Then… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I love listening to these guys give us lectures about debt and deficits. I inherited a trillion-dollar deficit. ... This notion that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
More fundamentally, this kind of gaping inequality gives lie to the promise at the very heart of America: that this is the… — 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
What can I do to make sure that middle-class families are feeling more secure, that more young people are able to access… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
International inspectors are on the ground and Iran is being subjected to the most comprehensive, intrusive inspection regime ever negotiated to monitor… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
America's not just [about] looking out for yourself, it's not just about greed, it's not just about trying to climb to the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Ultimately, only diplomacy can bring about a durable solution to the challenge posed by Iran's nuclear program. As President and Commander in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I take the Constitution very seriously. The biggest problems that we're facing right now have to do with [the president] trying to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I try never to get too high when things are going well. I try never to get too low when things are… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
That may prevent us from getting a deal done, It is there to be had. Whether ultimately Iran can seize that opportunity… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We can be civil to each other, and we can try to express ourselves acknowledging that we're all patriots, we're all Americans,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you look at how I've tried to and how I'll continue to try to govern, I'm not driven by some ideological… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Those opportunity gaps begin early, often at birth. And they compound over time, becoming harder and harder to bridge, making too many… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My mother was the one constant in my life. When I think about my mom raising me alone when she was 20,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We know we can't stop every act of violence, every act of evil in the world, but maybe we could try to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Rather, my perceptions about how we solve problems in health care or education span across a whole range of areas. And I… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My experience is that our intelligence officials try to do the right thing, but even with good intentions, sometimes they make mistakes.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you give up on the idea that your voice can make a difference, then other voices will fill the void: lobbyists… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Winston Churchill used to say that we, Americans, try every other option before we finally do the right thing. After everything else… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The only time I get frustrated with activist criticism is if I have recognized them, and invited them to work with me… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If we're not there making the argument then the cultural gulf that Republicans try to exploit saying, "Ah, these city slickers: they're… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It's one of the few regrets of my presidency - that the rancor and suspicion between the parties has gotten worse instead… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I was pretty realistic to people about what we could get done, and the situation we were in, and trying to tamp… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Citizenship means standing up for the lives that gun violence steals from us each day. I have seen the courage of parents,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I have to say that my kids, like every child in America, is completely absorbed with Harry Potter. And so, I have… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
As an elected official who comes from the African-American community, there are some similarities. You are always trying to reconcile your own… — 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
We were still able to see the phone records of a potential terrorist cause, we held them, now you have to hope… — 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
To everyone in this Congress who still refuses to raise the minimum wage, I say this: If you truly believe you could… — 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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