When what you’re doing doesn’t work for 50 years, it’s time to try something new. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I wouldn't be the man I am today without the woman who agreed to marry me 20 years ago — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
This is an extraordinary achievement, nearly nine years in the making. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I know that the politics around trade can be very difficult - especially in an election year. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
By so many measures, our country is stronger and more prosperous than it was when we first got here. And I'm hopeful… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I've got two daughters. 9 years old and 6 years old. I am going to teach them first of all about values… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Reflecting on his years in prison, Nelson Mandela wrote that there were dark moments that tested his faith in humanity, but he… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You know, I think that we are going to be OK. Look, Malia is 10, so three years from now she is… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My only agenda for the next two years is the same as the one I’ve had since the day I swore an… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think it's useful to keep in mind I've been now President for over seven years and gun sales don't seem to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We right now give $15 billion every year as subsidies to private insurers under the Medicare system. Doesn't work any better through… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
America is much less violent than it was 20, 30 years ago, and immigration is much less a problem than it was… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
For now, whether you are young or whether you're young at heart, I do have one final ask of you as your… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The notion that somehow as a consequence of me knowing somebody who engaged in detestable acts 40 years ago, when I was… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What we also have to recognize is that the deficit levels that I'm inheriting, over a trillion dollars, coming out of last… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I will sign a universal health-care bill into law by the end of my first term as president that will cover every… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If we got there and we looked up and we said, "You know what? Black folks are still doing a little bit… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Over the last few years a lot of people have become aware of the inequities in the criminal justice system, right now,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Chancellor [Angela] Merkel is perhaps the only leader left among our closest allies that was there when I arrived. So in some… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Four years ago, I promised to end the war in Iraq. We did. I promised to refocus on the terrorists who actually… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When I talked to [Donald Trump] about - our intelligence agencies, what I've said to him is - is that there are… — 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
In recent years, we've become enamored with our own past success. Lulled into complacency by the glitter of our own achievements. We've… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The system isn't working when 12 million people live in hiding, and hundreds of thousands cross our borders illegally each year; when… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Over the past eight years, the United States has worked hard to deepen partnerships across the region and across South-east Asia in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
These kinds of tragedies [like shooting in Fort Lauderdale] have happened too often during the eight years that I've been president. The… — 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
Several Americans, unjustly detained by Iran, are finally coming home. In some cases, these Americans faced years of continued detention, and I've… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I've been saying for years, we're gonna have to spend a lot more time on cyber security. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
America, we are better than these last eight years. We are a better country than this. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I don't want to make promises, not knowing what the situation's going to be three or four years out. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We're showing that there's no excuse for other nations to come together, both developed and developing, to achieve a strong global climate… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
With respect to Syria, we are going to continue to work as we have over the last five, six years to push… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In Indonesia, I had spent two years at a Muslim school, two years at a Catholic school. In the Muslim school, the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We start this new year in the midst of an economic crisis unlike we have seen in our lifetime. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
99.9% of plumbers make less than a quarter million dollars a year, and I'm going to give Joe a break whether he… — 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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