Barack Obama Quotes

National legislation will prevent other states' flawed concealed-weapons laws from threatening the safety of Illinois residents.

Think about it: Iran, Cuba, Venezuela - these countries are tiny compared to the Soviet Union. They don't pose a serious threat to us the way the Soviet Union posed a threat to us.

Jimmy Carter will go down in American history as 'the president who lost Iran,'

I'm never surprised by controversies that are whipped up in Washington.

On the other hand, it is also undeniable that the Palestinian people - Muslims and Christians - have suffered in pursuit of a homeland.

I have no patience with people who go around blowing up innocent people.

The Holy Koran teaches that whoever kills an innocent is as - it is as if he has killed all mankind.

We will not apologise for our way of life.

As soon as the recovery is well under way, we need to set up a long-term plan to reduce the structural deficit and make sure we are not leaving a mountain of debt for the next generation.

We are not going to keep the window open forever.

The Iranians may simply try to run out the clock.

Our patience is not infinite. We're not willing to let this go on forever.

If Iran does not take steps in the near future to live up to its obligations, then the United States will not continue to negotiate indefinitely... Our patience is not unlimited.

We are in what we hope is an intensive diplomatic phase now. It will not be open-ended.

Iran has to live up to its international obligations. . . . The president has said that our patience is not unlimited.

Iran's nuclear program . . . there was going to be a time limit . . .

We've said to the Iranians all along . . . we still remain open to diplomacy. But it's been very clear that the Iranians don't want to engage with us.

We want to see the Iranians engage, and as you know, we have attempted to bring about that engagement over the course of the last three-plus years. It has not proven effective.

They assert that their program is purely peaceful. . . . We want them to demonstrate clearly in the actions they propose that they have truly abandoned any nuclear weapons ambition.

We will not engage in an endless process of negotiations.

That may prevent us from getting a deal done, It is there to be had. Whether ultimately Iran can seize that opportunity - we will have to wait and see, but it is not for lack of trying on our part.

The capacity of Iraq's security forces has improved, and Iraq's leaders have made strides toward political accommodation

[J]ust because you have an individual right does not mean that the state or local government can't constrain the exercise of that right.

I have great respect for both President Obama and the office that he holds

It will be up to each of you to make sure that young people, African Americans, Latinos and women who powered our victory in 2008 stand together once again.

Every woman should have access to the healthcare that she needs.

I believe moderates will need to be driven out in order to usher in the progressive era.

All this marked them as vaguely liberal, although their ideas would never congeal into anything like a firm ideology; in this, too, they were American.

A budget is more than just a series of numbers on a page; it is an embodiment of our values.

The genius of our founders is that they designed a system of government that can be changed. And we should take heart, because we’ve changed this country before.

America will rise again. And hope will rise again.

America, this is our moment. This is our time. Our time to turn the page of the policies of the past.

We have known for decades that our survival depends on finding new sources of energy. Yet we import more oil today than ever before.

Only a handful of men and women leave an imprint on the conscience of a nation and on the history that they helped shape.

There are so many errors and misstatements in that list that I won't even begin to name them. Obama was right about one thing, though - Islam has always been a part of America's story.

I've been to 57 states.

Washington is a place where good ideas go to die.

Change has come to America.

I have said repeatedly that America doesn't torture and I'm going to make sure that we don't torture. Those are part and parcel an effort to regain America's moral stature in the world.

Nowhere is it ordained that history moves in a straight line.

Suppressing ideas never succeeds in making them go away.

Do something, Congress. Do anything.

People are whupped. I'm whupped. My wife is whupped. Unless it's your job to be curious, who really has the time to sit and ask questions and explore issues?

We've gotta restore the American people's confidence in the ethics process by ensuring that political self-interest can no longer prevent politicians from enforcing ethics rules.

You don't defeat a terrorist network that operates in eighty countries by occupying Iraq.

What Americans expect from Washington is action that matches the urgency they feel in their daily lives.

It is time to put in place tough, new common-sense rules of the road so that our financial market rewards drive and innovation, and punishes short-cuts and abuse.

Hostility and hatred are no match for justice; they offer no pathway to peace.

The interests we share as human beings are far more powerful than the forces that drive us apart.

I've called Chicago home for nearly 25 years. It's a city of broad shoulders and big hearts and bold dreams; a city of legendary sports figures, legendary sports venues, and legendary sports fans.