Barack Obama Quotes

I'm not sure we have the right strategy in Afghanistan. Let me think this over for a few months.

I'm going to tell the American people what I believe will make this country great.

As progressives we believe in affordable health care for all Americans.

We are God's partners in matters of life and death.

I never regret anything... I just lie about it or change the story.

I have complete confidence in the American people and our legal traditions and the prosecutors, the tough prosecutors from New York who specialize in terrorism.

Reverend Wright has been my friend and mentor for over 20 years.

Ours is not the first generation to understand the dire need for health reform. And I am not the first president to take up this cause, but I am determined to be the last.

No one is exempt from the call to find common ground.

What do you think a stimulus is? It’s spending - that's the whole point! Seriously.

I just miss - I miss being anonymous.

I will continue to believe that Israel's security is paramount.

We are not at war against Islam.

We will keep the promise of Social Security by taking the responsible steps to strengthen it - not by turning it over to Wall Street.

The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.

For the young people here: practicality is a good thing. There are times where compromise is necessary. That's part of wisdom. But it's also important to hang on to what you believe.

A good GI bill would increase the recruit pool.

I don't want to be invited to the family hunting party.

I would have to investigate more of Bill's dancing abilities, you know, and some of this other stuff before I accurately judge whether he was in fact a brother.

After a breakthrough year for America, our economy is growing and creating jobs at the fastest pace since 1999.

We are one nation under God, and we may call that God different names but we remain one nation.

If you're one of the more than 250 million Americans who already have health insurance, you will keep your health insurance. This law will only make it more secure and more affordable.

When what you’re doing doesn’t work for 50 years, it’s time to try something new.

You know, I have more than enough to do without having to worry about the financial system.

I did not run for office to be helping out a bunch of, you know, fat cat bankers on Wall Street.

And I believe the nation that invented the automobile cannot walk away from it.

I stand here today as hopeful as ever that the United States of America will endure, that it will prevail, that the dream of our founders will live on in our time.

If there's one thing I would like to see, it'd be for us to be able to price the cost of carbon emissions.

We're showing that there's no excuse for other nations to come together, both developed and developing, to achieve a strong global climate agreement next year.

We've got to change our regulatory system.

Michelle [Obama] never fully took to the scrutiny. I mean, she's thrived as a first lady, but it's not her preference.

[Michelle Obama] was the hardest sell. And she never fully embraced being in the public spotlight, which is ironic, given how good she is.

I look forward to teaching the occasional class, 'cause I was a professor. And I had fun doing it.

Our focus on the investigation is really wide-ranging. And we can't limit it to just one point in time.

I can't really characterize any country, except to say that we work well with a number of our foreign counterparts.

California is our biggest economy. California is our biggest agricultural producer. So what happens here matters to every working American.

Building on our Young South-east Asian Leaders Initiative, I'm hopeful that we can continue expand the ties and cooperation between our young people and students.

I know that the politics around trade can be very difficult - especially in an election year.

I don't think the Democrats should think in narrow tactical terms about mid-term elections.

As part of the coalition against ISIL, we are putting that terrorist network under tremendous pressure.

As Iraqi forces continue the liberation of Mosul, I'm pleased that NATO will be meeting the commitment we made in Warsaw to begin training additional forces in Iraq.

I've consistently said, we need to support charter schools. I think it is important to experiment, by looking at how we can reward excellence in the classroom.

My sister is a teacher, so I am a strong support of teachers, but I'm not going to be bound by just a certain way of talking about these things, in order for us to move forward on behalf of our kids.

I think a lot of teachers want to talk about how to continually improve performance.

I think that the Democratic Party is a big tent, which means that there are positions I may not agree with.

In America, we want a peaceful planet. We want people to be able to enjoy their lives and know they're going to have a bright and prosperous future, not be at war. That's our purpose.

I will work every single day to make sure that America continues to be the greatest nation on earth.

The problem is that, over time, big pieces of business that have to get done without leadership from Washington, don't get done.

I have a deep appreciation for the wisdom of this guy , George Washington.

There's something about these steps [in Oval Office] and thinking about everybody who's walked here and all the business that's been done here.