Barack Obama Quotes

We're not going to baby sit a civil war.

We want everybody to act like adults, quit playing games, realize that it's not just my way or the highway.

The hard truth is carbon pollution has built up in our atmosphere for decades now. And even if we Americans do our part, the planet will slowly keep warming for some time to come.

We can't have special interests sitting shotgun. We gotta have middle class families up in front. We don't mind the Republicans joining us. They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back.

Don't just buy a new video game. Make one.

Now, some have said I blame too many problems on my predecessor, but let's not forget that's a practice that was initiated by George W. Bush.

When times change, so must we.

I think every case is different. Every situation is different. People come on the F.B.I.'s radar screen for a variety of reasons at a variety of times.

If you like your doctor or health care provider, you can keep them. If you like your health care plan, you can keep that, too.

We're going to achieve our goal. We are going to degrade and ultimately defeat ISIL.

I think [ unpopular presidential candidates ] indicates, at least on the Democratic side, that we've got more work to do to strengthen our grassroots networks.

For now, decisions are upon us and we cannot afford delay. We cannot mistake absolutism for principle or substitute spectacle for politics, or treat name-calling as reasoned debate.

We all knew this. We all knew that it would take more time than any of us want to dig ourselves out of this hole created by this economic crisis.

We have concerns whenever we see people who have large stockpiles of weapons, or appear to be in the process of accumulating weapons and ammunition.

Climate change poses a direct threat to the infrastructure of America that we need to stay competitive in this 21st-century economy.

[T]hese tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans are also the tax cuts that are least likely to promote growth.

... our interests and our conscience compel us to act on behalf of those who long for freedom. And we must be a source of hope to the poor, the sick, the marginalized, the victims of prejudice.

We've had every official in Hawaii, Democrat and Republican, every news outlet that has investigated this, confirm that, yes, in fact, I was born in Hawaii, Aug. 4, 1961, in Kapiolani Hospital.

I found this national debt doubled, wrapped in a big bow waiting for me as I stepped into the Oval Office.

It's not a choice between our environment and our economy; it's a choice between prosperity and decline.

If there's even one thing we can do - even one life we can save - we have an obligation to try

No one in America should ever be afraid to walk down the street holding the hand of the person they love.

The world doesn't just revolve around you. There's a lot of talk in this country about the federal deficit. But I think we should talk more about our empathy deficit.

So I have known Islam on three continents before coming to the region where it was first revealed

The government can't solve every problem, but an enlightened government can make sure that people can work hard for their dreams and achieve them.

Sustaining the energy and focus involved in doing a good job I think starts to - starts to gets tougher the longer you do it.

Your ability to let go is part of the duty that you have.

The problem is, that we've got a position, often times by the NRA that says any regulation whatsoever is the camel's nose under the tent. And that, I think, is not where the American people are at.

At the moment that we persuade a child, any child, to cross that threshold, that magic threshold into a library, we change their lives forever, for the better

Never give up on your dreams.

I have Muslim members of my family. I have lived in Muslim countries.

My central focus is what are we doing to protect the American people and the American homeland? Afghanistan and Pakistan are critical elements in that process.

Let's face it, Fox News, you'll miss me when I'm gone. It'll be harder to convince the public that Hillary Clinton was born in Kenya.

What I'm interested in doing after I get out of the presidency is to make sure that I'm working with that next generation so that they understand you can't just rely on inspiration.

If we’re going to have arguments, let’s have arguments — but let’s make them debates worthy of this body and worthy of this country.

No one is pro-abortion.

John Kerry believes in an America where hard work is rewarded.

We should never forget that God granted us the power to reason so that we would do His work here on Earth - so that we would use science to cure disease, and heal the sick, and save lives.

People in every country should be free to choose and live their faith based upon the persuasion of the mind, and the heart, and the soul. This tolerance is essential for religion to thrive.

Contrary to the claims of some of my critics and some of the editorial pages, I am an ardent believer in the free market.

Higher education cannot be a luxury reserved just for a privileged few. It is an economic necessity for every family. And every family should be able to afford it.

I put forward a budget of what I called "middle-class economics" that continues to be fiscally prudent but makes necessary investments for us to continue the economic momentum and job growth.

I believe that there are many paths to the same place, and that is a belief that there is a higher power, a belief that we are connected as a people.

We have to acknowledge the progress we made, but understand that we still have a long way to go. That things are better, but still not good enough.

We can have reasonable, thoughtful gun control measure that I think respect the Second Amendment and people's traditions.

But do I think that our actions in anyway violate the War Powers Resolution, the answer is no.

I don't oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war.

In a world of complex threats, our security and leadership depends on all elements of our power - including strong and principled diplomacy.

After a century of striving, after a year of debate, after a historic vote, health care reform is no longer an unmet promise. It is the law of the land.

So while I will never minimize the costs involved in military action, I am convinced that a failure to act in Libya would have carried a far greater price for America.