Barack Obama Quotes

“If poverty is a disease that infects the entire community in the form of unemployment and violence, failing schools and broken homes, then we can't just treat those symptoms in isolation . We have to heal that entire community.”

“The American people are both anxious for change. We're in a time of flux.”

“You know, it's fashionable right now for people to be cynical. We go in cycles like this and right now a lot of people are saying, 'Oh, America is doing terribly' and 'What are we going to do?'”

“We're going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics.”

“Ours is a nation of laws: of citizens who live under them and for the citizens who enforce them. So, to a community in Ferguson that is rightly hurting and looking for answers, let me call once again for us to seek some understanding rather than simply holler at each other. Let's seek to heal rather than to wound each other.”

“It is time for a new compact among the civilized peoples of this world to eradicate war at its most fundamental source: the corruption of young minds by violent ideology.”

“There are few things in life that are harder to find and more important to keep than love. Well, love and a birth certificate.”

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

“Whenever I write a letter to a family who has lost a loved one in Iraq, or read an email from a constituent who has dropped out of college because her student aid has been cut, I'm reminded that the actions of those in power have enormous consequences--a price that they themselves almost never have to pay.”

“The opportunity will not remain open indefinitely.”

“I'd like to think that "President Obama believed deeply in this democracy and the American people."”

“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.”

“The future rewards those who press on. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I'm going to press on.”

“We are a nation of laws.”

“[Young people] are showing enormous and entrepreneurship and working with each other across borders.”

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

“Today, more than ever before, science holds the key to our survival as a planet and our security and prosperity as a nation. It's time we once again put science at the top of our agenda and work to restore America's place as the world leader in science and technology.”

“To break our addiction to oil is one of the greatest challenges that our generation will have to master.”

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

“When it comes to immigration, I think Americans expect that our immigration process is orderly and it is legal.”

“We've got to change our regulatory system.”

“Any fool can have a child. That doesn't make you a father. It's the courage to raise a child that makes you a father.”

“One of the proudest things of my three years in office is helping to restore a sense of respect for America around the world.”

“I will never apologize for saying that the future of humanity and the future of the world is going to be defined by what we have in common as opposed to those things that separate us and ultimately lead us into conflict.”

“Young people recognize the big challenges that are coming up.”