America Quotes
If you want to know who we are, who America is, how we respond to evil-that's it: selflessly, compassionately, unafraid.
These people are a part of me. And they are a part of America, this country that I love.
There are places and moments in America where this nation’s destiny has been decided...Selma is such a place.
America, this is our moment. This is our time. Our time to turn the page of the policies of the past.
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 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.
Markets will rise and fall, but this is the United States of America. No matter what some agency may say, we've always been and always will be a triple A country.
America is not - and never will be - at war with Islam. We will, however, relentlessly confront violent extremists.
That is the true genius of America-a faith in simple dreams, an insistence on small miracles.
After a breakthrough year for America, our economy is growing and creating jobs at the fastest pace since 1999.
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.
This is a time of great change in the world but America's always been a pillar of strength and a beacon of hope to peoples around the globe and that's what it must continue to be.
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.
For decades, our differences with Iran meant that our governments almost never spoke to each other. Ultimately, that did not advance America's interests.
There is enormous continuity beneath the day-to-day news that makes America that indispensable nation when it comes to maintaining order and promoting prosperity around the world.
In America, one of our challenges, historically, is that we have very low voting rates, even during presidential elections.
When I turn over the keys to the president-elect, America will be much stronger than it was when I came into office.
Ultimately, I remain optimistic about not just America's future, but the direction that the world is growing.
I would love to see an America where race is understood in the same way that the ethnic diversity of the white population is understood.
Cutting our education budget, that's not a smart choice. That will not help America compete with China.
Germany, South Korea - these are all countries that are investing massively in education. We've got to do the same thing in America.
America is a country of strong families and strong values. My life's been blessed by both.
As president, I decided that a strong, confident America could advance our national security by engaging directly with the Iranian government. We've seen the results.
Hillary Clinton was an outstanding secretary of state. She would never intentionally put America in any kind of jeopardy.
When it comes to crime, the violent crime rate in America has been lowered during my presidency and any time in the last three, four decades.
America is much less violent than it was 20, 30 years ago, and immigration is much less a problem than it was not just 20, 30 years ago, but when I came in as president.
What has made America the wealthiest, most successful country on Earth historically has been our commitment to education.
Historically - when you look at how America has evolved, typically we make progress on race relations in fits and starts. We make some progress, and then there's maybe some slippage.
I reserve the right, as president of the United States to meet with anybody at a time and place of my choosing if I think it's going to keep America safe.
I'm confident that America's foreign policy rebalance to the region will endure beyond my presidency because it's in the national interest of the United States.
There's no one who I believe has ever captured the soul of America more profoundly than Abraham Lincoln has.
I want to make sure America has got the best education system in the world. And we're retaining our workers for the jobs of tomorrow.
We cannot solve the problems of America if every time somebody somewhere says something stupid, that everybody gets up in arms and we forget about the war in Iraq or we forget about the economy.
The path of America's development is never a straight line. Sometimes we move in ways that are forwards; sometime that seem back.
America is a strong and resilient country. And I know we will succeed, if we put aside partisanship and politics and work together as one nation.
Nobody said democracies supposed to be easy. It's hard. And in a big country like America, it probably should be hard.
A nuclear Iran is a threat to America's national security, and it is a threat to Israel's national security. We cannot afford to have a nuclear arms race in the most volatile region of the world.
America is not the crude stereotype of a self-interested empire. Given our interdependence, any world order that elevates one nation or group of people over another will inevitably fail.
No single nation should pick and choose which nations holds nuclear weapons. And that's why I strongly reaffirmed America's commitment to seek a world in which no nations hold nuclear weapons.
I always tell young people in particular: Do not say that nothing's changed when it comes to race in America, unless you lived through being a black man in the 1950s or '60s or '70s.