Barack Obama Quotes

Part of the power of the Internet is that information flows out there and it's generally not censored and it's generally not controlled by any single authority.

We don't make determinations about who we love. And that's why I think that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is wrong.

If we have actionable intelligence about high value terrorist targets and President [Pervez] Musharraf will not act, we will.

[White House] feels even more like home now because you have all these memories that were formed watching your kids grow up.

We had a farewell dinner for some of my senior staff, and generally everybody likes to talk about how cool I was.

In that kind of environment, where there's so much skepticism about information that's coming in, we're gonna have to spend a lot more time thinking about how do we protect our democratic process.

I think that what is true is that the Russians intended to meddle, and they meddled. And it could be another country in the future.

You can't manage [country] the way you would manage a family business.

I've enjoyed the conversations that we've had. [Donald Trump] is somebody who I think is not lacking in confidence.

Toughest decision was early in my presidency when I ordered 30,000 more troops into Afghanistan. As somebody who had run to end a large troop presence overseas.

What we have done, I think, is build a model from a lot of hard lessons in Afghanistan and Iraq but in other places around the world, where we are working with them in an advisory capacity.

I think we did a really good job in saving this economy and putting us back on the track of growth.

Nobody likes taxes. I would prefer that none of us had to pay taxes, including myself.

All I want to do, if you've already got health care, is lower your costs.

Our vulnerability to Russia or any other foreign power is directly related to how divided, partisan, dysfunctional our political process is. That's the thing that makes us vulnerable.

[Young people] are much less likely to express attitudes that defied us between us and them. They see themselves as part of a global economy that they can navigate successfully.

We are growing the economy in smart ways and rebuilding our infrastructure and investing in science and development and that we stay true to those values that helped to get us here.

I would not advise people who feel strongly or are concerned about some of the issues that have been raised during the course of the [president electing] campaign.

With respect to Syria, we are going to continue to work as we have over the last five, six years to push towards a political transition and settlement.

We made America more respected around the world, took on the mantle of leadership in the fight to protect this planet for our kids, and much, much more.

I will support Iraqis and Syrians fighting to reclaim their communities.

It's time to end the hypocrisy of those who accumulate wealth through the global economy, and then siphon funds to those who teach children to tear it down.

Before I even came into office, I said that preventing Iran from getting a nuclear weapon was a priority.

In the past, there have been a range of treaties that divided Congress and every administration was able to get them through.

If you look at Libya, I was deeply concerned about what would happen after Qaddafi was gone.

There's no way to resolve Syria without Iran being involved, given its financing of Assad and the fact that Hezbollah is probably the most effective fighting force that Assad can count on.

I think it's true that we shouldn't apply a strict litmus test and the most important thing in any judge is their capacity to provide fairness and justice to the American people.

I could say, as a member of Congress, we usually get an alert if something is going to happen at the Capitol.

What you have to do is to look at what's going to keep our economic growth going, what's going to make sure jobs are being created.

We continue to believe that a two-state solution is the only way for the long-term security of Israel, if it wants to stay both a Jewish state and democratic.

I can't even get a credit card without three credit bureaus saying I'm good enough.

At the constitutional level, what we of course have assured is that women have the ability to make these reproductive decisions up to the point of viability.

I believe it's important to be open and honest, especially with your friends.

He [Barack Obama] might have a pen, and he might have a phone, but what he does not have is the constitutional power to run this country like a dictator.

We're going to reverse a trend that is killing most families in this country, and that is they're having to go in their pocket for more and more money for health care every year.

Many of us were kind of irritated with Obama for larding it with tax cut, which we didn't think was going to be stimulative.

What's good for America better damn well be good for General Motors.

We've endured too many tragedies. And each time I learn the news I react not as a President, but as anybody else would - as a parent.

What is certainly true is that the United States has to have a presence to promote the values that we care about.

Even limited military actions end up carrying with them great costs and unintended consequences.

I always enjoy watching Republicans compliment Bill Clinton now, because at the time, I'm sure he didn't feel a lot of the love.

One of the things I've learned about being president is that we'll work on issues for long periods of time, sometimes in obscurity.

I'm suspicious of too much certainty in the pursuit of understanding just because I think people are limited in their understanding.

I think I have an ongoing conversation with God. I think throughout the day, I'm constantly asking myself questions about what I'm doing, why am I doing it.

He [Barack Obama] talked about a crisises and he was blaming the Republicans on this crisises. It's like me blaming my wife for my drinking. I don't se how this is the Republicans fault.

We can't in any way criticize or at least indict or impeach administration [of Democratic presidents] for doing what they did.

I think that most Americans don't resent people for getting rich. They want to get rich themselves.

American values and legal traditions do not permit the indefinite detention of people beyond our borders.

I believe that the free enterprise system is the greatest engine of prosperity the world's ever known.

It is my strong belief that Israel has not just the right but the obligation to protect itself.