Barack Obama Quotes

If we don't reform how healthcare is delivered in this country, then we are not going to be able to get a handle on that escalating healthcare costs.

I know CNN has taken some knocks lately but the fact is, I admire their commitment to covering all sides of the story, just in case one of them happens to be accurate.

I've been talking about things like reversing the rise of inequality and strengthening social mobility,since before it was cool.

After my election there was talk of a postracial America. And such a vision, however well intended, was never realistic.

There are gonna be a core set of values that shouldn't be up for debate. Should be our north star.

We don't have this huge footprint, we are less likely to be targeted as, you know, occupiers [in Afghanistan and Iraq].

We have now just enshrined, as soon as I sign this bill, the core principle that everybody should have some basic security when it comes to their healthcare.

I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors.

America leads - not with bluster, but with persistent, steady resolve.

I don't want to pit Red America against Blue America. I want to be President of the United States of America.

You have to be involved in terms of what's happening in your local neighborhood and what issues are there.

I'm kind of a night owl.

I want every math teacher to know math. I want every science teacher to have expertise in science. I want them to know how to inspire and engage young people.

Part of America's genius has always been its ability to absorb newcomers, to forge a national identity out of the disparate lot that arrived on our shores.

Donald Trump is temperamentally unfit.

You might not be ready for diplomacy with Beijing if you can't visit the Olympics without insulting our closest ally.

Winnie the Pooh seems to me to be a fundamental text on national security.

There's one issue that will define the contours of this century more dramatically than any other, and that is the urgent and growing threat of a changing climate.

There's nobody to guide through the process of becoming a man... to explain to them the meaning of manhood. And that's a recipe for disaster.

The world thanks you for sharing Nelson Mandela with us.

I believe when women succeed America succeeds!

We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus, and nonbelievers.

Issues are never simple. One thing I'm proud of is that very rarely will you hear me simplify the issues.

Not much happens in Russian Federation without Vladimir Putin.

Today’s decision was a victory for people all across this country whose lives will be more secure.

If you're an American and you are, you know, subscribing to the ideals and the creed and the values that we believe in as a country, you know, then we don't have a religious test in this country.

Time is running out for Iran to address the international community's growing concerns about its nuclear program.

Islam has always been a part of America’s story.... And since our founding, American Muslims have enriched the United States.

Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science.

Iran . . . has failed to take the opportunity to demonstrate that its nuclear program is peaceful . . . time is not unlimited.

In my first term, I sang Al Green. In my second term, I'm going with Young Jeezy.

I get a thick book full of death, destruction, strife, and chaos. That's what I take with my morning tea.

The biggest challenge, I think, is always maintaining your moral compass.

We have to all shoulder the responsibility for keeping the planet habitable, or we're going to suffer the consequences - together.

Those who are already feeling the effects of climate change don't have time to deny it - they're busy dealing with it.

A man who took history in his hands, and bent the arc of the moral universe toward justice.

The notion that we can control the flow of information is obsolete.

To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society's ills on the West - know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy.

My experience is that our intelligence officials try to do the right thing, but even with good intentions, sometimes they make mistakes. Sometimes they can be overzealous.

I think when you spread the wealth around it's good for everybody.

If you're looking for the safe choice, you shouldn't be supporting a black guy named Barack Obama to be the next leader of the free world.

A low-carbon, clean energy economy can be an engine of growth for decades to come.

We can't just drill our way out of the energy and climate challenge that we face.

You and I, as citizens, have the obligation to shape the debates of our time, not only with the votes we cast, but the voices we lift in defense of our most ancient values and enduring ideas.

Those of us in positions of responsibility, we'll need to be less concerned with the judgment of special interests and well-connected donors, and more concerned with the judgment of posterity.

I'm not the strapping young Muslim socialist that I used to be.

The problem with all these tired excuses for inaction is that it suggests a fundamental lack of faith in American business and American ingenuity.

Who you are, what you are, does not change after you occupy the oval office. All it does is magnify who you are. All it does is shine a spotlight on who you are.

Because of the internet and communications, the clash of cultures is much more direct. People feel, I think, less certain about their identity, less certain about economic security.

I cannot swallow whole the view of Lincoln as the Great Emancipator.