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
Secularists are wrong when they ask believers to leave their religion at the door before entering into the public square. Frederick Douglass,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Lincoln, they used to talk about him almost as bad as they talk about me. So democracy has never been for the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There are some exceptions: Chicago, my hometown, in particular. But overall in the country this is a much safer place than it… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You might slow down a little bit, you might not jump as high as you used to, but I know what I'm… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There's been a lot of talk about body cameras as a silver bullet or a solution. I think the task force concluded… — 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
America ranks 21st when it comes to math education. We rank 25th when it comes to science. We used to be number… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What used to be racial segregation now mirrors itself in class segregation, this great sorting (has) taken place. It creates its own… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In Missouri, it's a 50/50 state, so I'm kind of used to half the state being mad at me. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The very technologies that empower us to do great good can also be used to undermine us and inflict great harm. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Excuses are tools of the incompetent used to build bridges to nowhere and monuments of nothingness — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
[Michelle Obama] used to say to our friends, "Barack's exactly the kind of guy I want to be president. I just wish… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
As a nuclear power - as the only nuclear power to have used a nuclear weapon - the United States has a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We have greater awareness of where we're falling short than we used to. Just take the example of community police relations. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The old rules may say we can't protect our environment and promote economic growth at the same time, but in America, we've… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The bottom line is this - whereas Iran was steadily expanding its nuclear program, we have now cut off every single path… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think we can provide common-sense approaches to the issue of illegal guns that are ending up on the streets. We can… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We've got to make sure that we rebuild the infrastructure in America, because we used to be - have the best bridges,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
And I agree that the Democratic legislators in Massachusetts might have given some advice to Republicans in Congress about how to cooperate.… — 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