There have been periods where the folks who were already here suddenly say, 'Well, I don't want those folks,' even though the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There are few things in life that are harder to find and more important to keep than love. Well, love and a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You mention the Navy, for example, and the fact that we have fewer ships than we did in 1916. Well governor, we… — 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… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
After my election there was talk of a postracial America. And such a vision, however well intended, was never realistic. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My hope is that we can get a Republican-Democratic agreement on how we strengthen Social Security as well as looking at some… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I am here for my mother and all the Americans who are forced to spend time arguing with health insurance companies instead… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Tonight, somewhere in America, a young person, let's say a young man, will struggle to fall to sleep, wrestling alone with a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think what is true is that there's been an underlying division in the United States. Some of it has to do… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Let's take the money that we've been spending on war over the last decade to rebuild America, roads, bridges schools. We do… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I learned to slip back and forth between my black and white worlds. One of those tricks I had learned: People were… — 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 United States does not have a monopoly on crazy people. It's not the only country that has psychosis. And yet we… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I still don't feel responsible for what Donald Trump says or does. But I do feel a responsibility as president of the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Since 1981, after our nations severed diplomatic relations, we've worked through a international tribunal to resolve various claims between our countries. The… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think that our politics everywhere are gonna be going through this bumpy phase. But as long as we stay true to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There's no doubt that when it comes to our treatment of Native Americans as well as other persons of color in this… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
That's what the leadership was teaching me, day by day: that the self-interest I was supposed to be looking for extended well… — 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
It is now our generation's task to carry on what those pioneers began. For our journey is not complete until our wives,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You mentioned the Navy, for example, and that we have fewer ships than we did in 1916. Well, Governor, we also have… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I've come to embrace the notion that I haven't done enough in my life. I've come to confirm that one's title, even… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I applaud the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act. This was discrimination enshrined in law. It treated… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The problem was, and we saw some of this in the immigration-reform issues as well, was they hadn't done sufficient homework to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think when you're governing, it will become increasingly apparent that if you were to just eliminate trade deals with Mexico, for… — 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
To me the question right now is: How do I close that first three-quarters of the achievement gap, education gap, wealth gap?… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
So how do Latinos feel if there's a big investment just in the African American community, and they're looking around and saying,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I have made it clear that we will hunt down terrorists who threaten our country, wherever they are. That means I 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
We are not going to have a situation where our education spending goes back to its lowest level since the year 2000… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Ultimately, if you think about all the youth that everybody has mentioned here in Africa, if everybody is raising living standards to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We have to deal with issues like inequality, we have deal with issues of economic dislocation, we have to deal with peoples… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If [black] nationalism could create a strong and effective insularity, deliver on its promise of self-respect, then the hurt it might cause… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It is that promise that has always set this country apart-that through hard work and sacrifice, each of us can pursue our… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We have to stand up for these issues when it's tough, and that's what I've done. I did it when I was… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I have 90 percent or 95 percent support in the African American community and it's not sort of "Well, he's black, so… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
So long as I'm Commander-in-Chief, we will sustain the strongest military the world has ever known. When you take off the uniform,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We are reminded that in the fleeting time we have on this Earth, what matters is not wealth or status or power… — 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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