So many of my staff is young enough that they're going to do amazing things. And I'm going to be helping them… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We shouldn't assume that government is always trying to do the wrong thing. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My guiding principle as president has been to try to do the right thing even when it's not politically convenient. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I'm trying to move an aircraft carrier here, I'm not just steering the speedboat. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Someone once said that every man is trying to live up to his father's expectations or make up for their father's mistakes… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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
When what you’re doing doesn’t work for 50 years, it’s time to try something new. — 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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
You could analyze me and say that my father leaving and being absent was a motivator for early ambition, trying to prove… — 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
What we shouldn't be doing is trying to take away your rights to bargain for better wages or working conditions... These so-called… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It wasn't until about a year, year and a half in where I began to realize that the Pentagon and our national-security… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When we were working on immigration reform and there was a young Latino man, young immigration activist here who, in the Roosevelt… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There have been times where, let's say on LGBT issues, when we were trying to end Don't Ask, Don't Tell, and I… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When I think about what I'm going through, as President, it doesn't compare to what the folks that I'm representing are going… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Look, we live in a celebrity culture and sometimes you get caught in the wave and the buzz and a lot of… — 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
Part of what's unique about climate change, though, is the nature of some of the opposition to action. It's pretty rare that… — 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
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
If there's even one thing we can do - even one life we can save - we have an obligation to try — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
With the world's unprecedented inspections and access to Iran's program, we'll know if Iran ever tries to break out. — 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
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
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
It's good to get fresh legs in [the White house]. I think that it refreshes our democracy. — Barack Obama Copy Share
Believe it or not, entertainment is part of our American diplomacy, it is part of what makes us exceptional, part of what makes us… — Barack Obama Copy Share
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