Barack Obama Quotes

I do think that you're starting to see young people pay attention to some longterm issues that they feel Washington has neglected.

Over the last several days, we have heard from members of Congress who want their voices to be heard. I absolutely agree.

I am sorry that they are finding themselves in this situation based on assurances they got from me.

We should raise the minimum wage so that no one who works full time has to live in poverty

You now have the potential of 200 people deciding who ends up being elected president every single time.

I don't think that any economist disputes that we're in the worst economic crisis since the great depression. The good news is that we're getting a consensus around what needs to be done.

We right now give $15 billion every year as subsidies to private insurers under the Medicare system. Doesn't work any better through the private insurers. They just skim off $15 billion.

We start this new year in the midst of an economic crisis unlike we have seen in our lifetime.

Families across America are feeling the pinch as they watch debts mount, bills pile up and savings disappear.

Let's not only provide a jumpstart to the economy and immediately or save 3 million jobs, but let's also put a down payment on some of the structural problems that we have in our economy.

Insist that the first question each of us asks isn't "What's good for me?" but "What's good for the country my children will inherit?

That's why the American Recovery & Reinvestment Plan won't just throw money at our problems, we'll invest in what works

I will eliminate capital-gains taxes for the small businesses and the startups that will create the high-wage, high-tech jobs of tomorrow

So on this Human Rights Day, let us rededicate ourselves to the advancement of human rights and freedoms for all, and pledge always to live by the ideals we promote to the world.

No country can hide from the dangers of carbon pollution

There is no shame in confusion or fear. "There was only shame in the silence fear had produced. . . . It was the silence that betrayed us."

The silence killed your faith.

The pain I felt was my father's pain.

I believe in keeping guns out of our inner cities, and that our leaders must say so in the face of the gun manufacturer's lobby.

But shouldn't we also quit marketing murder as a game?

We have the power to make the world we seek, but only if we have the courage to make a new beginning.

Israel must be able to defend itself - by itself - against any threat.

One of the proudest things of my three years in office is helping to restore a sense of respect for America around the world.

It is very rare I come to an event where I’m like the fifth or sixth most interesting person.

Be conscious of God and speak always the truth.

Now is the time for all of us to take our share of responsibility for a global response to global challenges.

America does not presume to know what is best for everyone

Like it or not, we have to have a financial system that is healthy and functioning.

Medicare in particular, will run out of money, and we will not be able to sustain that program.

The science [of global warming] is beyond dispute... Delay is no longer an option. Denial is no longer an acceptable response

If you like your healthcare plan, you'll be able to keep your healthcare plan, period. No one will take it away, no matter what.

The problem is that because the voucher wouldn't necessarily keep up with health care inflation, it was estimated that this would cost the average senior about $6,000 a year.

Today we continue a never ending journey to bridge the meaning of those words with the realities of our time.

For history tells us that while these truths may be self-evident, they've never been self-executing. That while freedom is a gift from God, it must be secured by his people here on earth.

We, the people, still believe that every citizen deserves a basic measure of security and dignity.

Not out of mere charity, but because peace in our time requires the constant advance of those principles that our common creed describes; tolerance and opportunity, human dignity and justice.

Our journey is not complete until all our children... know that they are cared for and cherished and always safe from harm.

I will begin to remove our troops from Iraq immediately.

We should be more modest in our belief that we can impose democracy on a country through military force.

This doesn't mean abandoning our values and ideals; wherever we can, it's in our interest to help foster democracy through the diplomatic and economic resources at our disposal.

Young men need to show women the respect they deserve and recognize sexual assault and to do their part to stop it.

Women can't wait for equal pay. And I won't stop fighting to address this inequality.

What is the empathy deficit? The inability of people to stand in other folks shoes. It's hard to empathize with people who have different values than you

And let me say this as a politician I can promise you this, political leaders will never take risks if the people do not push them to take some risks. You must create the change that you want to see.

I don't know what the word is in Austrian.

I'm here with the Girardo family here in St. Louis.

Come on! I just answered, like, eight questions.

I don't know the facts of when Joe Soptic's wife got sick or when she died.

And Joe Biden, thank you for being the best Vice President I could ever hope for.

Africa doesn't need strongmen, it needs strong institutions.