It's good to get fresh legs in [the White house]. I think that it refreshes our democracy. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Anybody who gets into bed and turns out the lights the first night in the White House probably feels a little bit… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
[White House] feels even more like home now because you have all these memories that were formed watching your kids grow up. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Now suddenly you got members of your [White House] team who were 23, 24. They've met their wives here, or their husbands here. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I don't take a dime of their [lobbyist] money, and when I am president, they won't find a job in my White… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
How you staff, particularly the chief of staff, the national security adviser, your White House counsel, how you set up a process… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When you've got little kids, and you're tucking them in. When you open a door and they're in their pajamas and they're,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You not only do you appreciate the sacrifices people have made and the hours they've kept and the soccer games they missed… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We're up against the conventional thinking that says your ability to lead as president comes from longevity in Washington or proximity to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Our kids grew up here [in the White House]. Some of our best friends have been made here in this place. There… — 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
I changed those things that were in direct - my direct control. I mean, I - look, I'm proud of the fact… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Those who threaten Israel threaten us. Israel has always faced these threats on the frontlines, and I will bring to the White… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Even as Ramadan holds profound meaning for the world’s 1.5 billion Muslims, it is also a reminder to people of all faiths… — 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
[The White House staff] start bringing in their kids, who you think should be babies and now are in second grade or… — 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
“Mainly, though, the Democratic Party has become the party of reaction. In reaction to a war that is ill conceived, we appear… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
People have to recognize that it’s going to take some time for trust to be built not only between Democrats and Republicans,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If American workers are being denied their right to organize and collectively bargain when I'm in the White House, I will put… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There's some bittersweet feelings about leaving the people here [in the White House]. 'Cause even though all the team you assemble, you… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I look forward to hosting an Iftar dinner celebrating Ramadan here at the White House later this week, and wish you a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
For the first time in our history, the winners of the White House Turkey Pardon were chosen through a highly competitive online… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
One of the things that you come pretty early on to understand in this job, and you start figuring out even during… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“The problem is that this kind of vilification and over-the-top rhetoric closes the door to the possibility of compromise. It undermines democratic… — 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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