Barack Obama Quotes

In the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.

And I saw just the other day, in Mentor, Ohio, where a father told the story of his 8-year-old daugh...

Although the principle of equality has always been self-evident, it has never been self-executing.

When our government is spoken of as some menacing, threatening foreign entity, it ignores the fact t...

When we think of the major threats to our national security, the first to come to mind are nuclear p...

On every front there are clear answers out there that can make this country stronger, but we're goin...

That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. Our nation is at war, against a far-reach...

The success of our economy has always depended not just on the size of our gross domestic product, b...

All of us - we should do everything we can to make sure this country lives up to our children's expe...

To all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces, to those who are...

Our challenges may be new. The instruments with which we meet them may be new. But those values upon...

Fifty years of isolating Cuba had failed to promote democracy, setting us back in Latin America. Tha...

I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal ...

I miss Saturday morning, rolling out of bed, not shaving, getting into my car with my girls, driving...

It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to where we are today, but we have just begun. Today ...

But when our elected officials and our political campaign become entirely untethered to reason and f...

What I’ve realized is that life doesn’t count for much unless you’re willing to do your small part t...

There's no such thing as a vote that doesn't matter.

The thing about hip-hop today is it's smart, it's insightful. The way they can communicate a complex...

For alongside our famous individualism, there's another ingredient in the American saga- a belief th...

For us, they packed up their few worldly possessions and traveled across oceans in search of a new l...

A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. E...

In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.

And we can see the positive impacts right here at Solyndra. Less than a year ago, we were standing o...

We know the battle ahead will be long, but always remember that no matter what obstacles stand in ou...

A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things.

We are the change we have been waiting for.

To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefully. The more politically active bla...

No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise. But when Governor Romney a...

Millions of us, myself included, go back generations in this country, with ancestors who put in the ...

Let me tell your something. I'm from Chicago. I don't break.

It doesn't matter who you are or where you come from or what you look like or who you love. It doesn...

‎Teachers matter. So instead of bashing them, or defending the status quo, let’s offer schools a dea...

The United States is not, and never will be, at war with Islam.

In a world of complex threats, our security and leadership depends on all elements of our power - in...

What makes us Americans is our shared commitment to an ideal - that all of us are created equal, and...

After a century of trying, we declared that healthcare in America is not a privilege for a few, it i...

Rather than evoke our sympathy, our familiarity with the lives of the black poor has bred spasms of ...

In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given. It must b...

Our values call upon us to care about the lives of people we will never meet.

I would put our legislative and foreign policy accomplishments in our first two years against any pr...

We will restore science to its rightful place and wield technology's wonders to raise health care's ...

it’s important to make sure that we’re talking with each other in a way that heals, not in a way tha...

It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour ...

There's not a liberal America and a conservative America - there's the United States of America.

First, how do we give everyone a fair shot at opportunity and security in this new economy? Second, ...

I think there are a whole host of things that are civil rights, and then there are other things - su...

We also can't try to take over and rebuild every country that falls into crisis. That's not leadersh...

As president, I'm committed to making Washington work better and rebuilding the trust of the people ...

I confess to wincing every so often at a poorly chosen word, a mangled sentence, an expression of em...

I know that there are millions of Americans who are content with their health care coverage - they l...

What I'm asking for is hard. It's easier to be cynical; to accept that change isn't possible, and po...

My liberty depends on you being free, too.

While I understand the passions and the anger that arise over the death of Michael Brown, giving int...

Our individualism has always been bound by a set of communal values, the glue upon which every healt...

I've been fighting with Acorn, alongside Acorn, on issues you care about, my entire career.

We will outstretch the hand if you unclench your fist.

We can choose a future where we export more products and outsource fewer jobs. After a decade that w...

What I believe is that marriage is between a man and a woman, but what I also believe is that we hav...

The future rewards those who press on. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time...

I mean, I do think at a certain point you've made enough money.

After a century of striving, after a year of debate, after a historic vote, health care reform is no...

There are millions of Americans outside Washington who are tired of stale political arguments and ar...

You know, my faith is one that admits some doubt.

People of Berlin - people of the world - this is our moment. This is our time.

Fixing a broken immigration system. Protecting our kids from gun violence. Equal pay for equal work,...

We need to reject any politics that targets people because of race or religion. This isn't a matter ...

At the moment that we persuade a child, any child, to cross that threshold, that magic threshold int...

Over the last fifteen months we've traveled to every corner of the United States. I've now been to f...

But that’s part of what makes America wonderful, is we always had this nagging dissatisfaction that ...

Our brand of democracy is hard. But I can promise that a year from now, when I no longer hold this o...

In America, there's a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world.

I don't think marriage is a civil right, but I think that being able to transfer property is a civil...

We may not be able to stop evil in the world, but how we treat one another is entirely up to us.

What I worry about would be that you essentially have two chambers, the House and the Senate, but yo...

I'm inspired by the people I meet in my travels--hearing their stories, seeing the hardships they ov...

I will cut taxes - cut taxes - for 95 percent of all working families, because, in an economy like t...

The Bush Administration's failure to be consistently involved in helping Israel achieve peace with t...

If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help... Somebody helped to create this...

None of These Will Come Easy.

Let's be honest. Sometimes art is dangerous, though. And that's why governments sometimes get nervou...

I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. I am not in favor of gay marriage. But when you sta...

We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be exce...

For more than four decades, the Libyan people have been ruled by a tyrant - Moammar Gaddafi. He has ...

So while I will never minimize the costs involved in military action, I am convinced that a failure ...

And that brings me to one last point. I've got a simple message for all the dedicated and patriotic ...

If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and ...

Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns in to universal, rather th...

Let us remember we are all part of one American family. We are united in common values, and that inc...

I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we've struggled to keep the promise of liberty...

I see Americans of every party, every background, every faith who believe that we are stronger toget...

Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the...

Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordi...

We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times... ...

Our combat mission is ending, but our commitment to Iraq's future is not.

I've never been more hopeful about our future. I have never been more hopeful about America. And I a...

Michelle and I don't want anyone telling us who our family's doctor should be - and no one should de...

In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a pol...

But do I think that our actions in anyway violate the War Powers Resolution, the answer is no.

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been...

As I've said, there were patriots who supported this war, and patriots who opposed it. And all of us...