Barack ObamaTo the extent that we've got a fiscal crisis right now, part of it is prompted by a bullheaded insistence on the part of the president, for example, that we should extend all of h… ▶371Sadness
Barack ObamaThe success of our economy has always depended not just on the size of our gross domestic product, but on the reach of our prosperity; on the ability to extend opportunity to ever… ▶371Love
Barack ObamaWell, Governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets. ✨ Third presidential debate between President Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney in Boca Raton, Fla., www.npr.o… ▶371Love
Barack ObamaOur planet is changing in ways that will have profound impacts on all of humankind. ✨ President Barack Obama's remarks on climate change at Georgetown University in Was… ▶372Humanity
Barack ObamaThe last thing you want to do is raise taxes in the middle of the recession because that would just suck up and take more demand out of the economy and put businesses in a further… ▶361Philosophy
Barack ObamaFour years ago, I promised to end the war in Iraq. We did. I promised to refocus on the terrorists who actually attacked us on 9/11. We have. We've blunted the Taliban's momentum … ▶372DeathTime
Barack ObamaBut something stirred across the country because of what happened in Selma, Alabama, because some folks were willing to march across a bridge. And so they [my parents] got togethe… ▶361Sadness
Barack ObamaThe best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the wor… ▶361Hope
Barack ObamaIn Africa, you often see that the difference between a village where everybody eats and a village where people starve is government. One has a functioning government, and the othe… ▶372HumanityPolitics
Barack ObamaI’m asking you to believe. Not just in my ability to bring about real change in Washington...I’m asking you to believe in yours. ✨ Don’t Buy It: Inevitable Comparisons… ▶362Philosophy
Barack ObamaNo party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise. ✨ Second Democratic Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech, delivered 6 September 2012, Charlott… ▶362Philosophy
Barack ObamaFamilies across America are feeling the pinch as they watch debts mount, bills pile up and savings disappear. ✨ Tenth President-Elect Weekly Transition Address, First Broadc… ▶351Reading
Barack ObamaFor top executives to award themselves these kinds of compensation packages in the midst of this economic crisis isn't just bad taste, it's bad strategy, and I will not tolerate i… ▶351Time
Barack ObamaReading makes all other learning possible. We have to get books into our children's hands early and often.351Reading
Barack ObamaWhat I think is fair to say is that, coming out of the Republican camp, there have been efforts to suggest that perhaps I'm not who I say I am when it comes to my faith - somethin… ▶373HopeThoughtTime
Barack ObamaI just want to go through Central Park and watch folks passing by. Spend the whole day watching people. I miss that.351Humanity
Barack ObamaWe're not going to baby sit a civil war.351Humanity
Barack ObamaIf the critics are right that I've made all my decisions based on polls, then I must not be very good at reading them. ✨ Second Democratic Presidential Nomination Acceptance… ▶362Reading
Barack ObamaIf the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost. ✨ Barack Obama (2009)… ▶373HumanityPolitics
Barack ObamaWe've subsidized oil companies for a century. That's long enough. It's time to end the taxpayer giveaways to an industry that rarely has been more profitable, and double-down on a… ▶362PoliticsTime
Barack ObamaI am asking my Attorney General to create a special unit of federal prosecutors and leading state attorneys general to expand our investigations into the abusive lending and packa… ▶373PoliticsReading
Barack ObamaI'm inspired by the people I meet in my travels--hearing their stories, seeing the hardships they overcome, their fundamental optimism and decency. I'm inspired by the love people… ▶373HopeHumanityLove
Barack ObamaSo Americans understand the costs of war. Yet as a country, we will never tolerate our security being threatened, nor stand idly by when our people have been killed. We will be re… ▶362DeathHumanityTruth
Barack ObamaIt's time to stop being ambivalent. ... They (groups like the Islamic State) have no ideology beyond violence and chaos and the slaughter of innocent people.373HumanityHumorPolitics
Barack ObamaWe right now give $15 billion every year as subsidies to private insurers under the Medicare system. Doesn't work any better through the private insurers. They just skim off $15 b… ▶352Death
Barack ObamaPeople don't expect government to solve all their problems. But they sense, deep in their bones, that with just a slight change in priorities, we can make sure that every child in… ▶363HumanityLifePolitics
Barack ObamaWhen BP was not moving fast enough on claims, we told BP to set aside $20 billion in a fund - managed by an independent third party - to help all those whose lives have been turne… ▶374Hope
Barack ObamaI know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we've struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. We've made our share of mistakes, and ther… ▶374HumanityTime
Barack ObamaI am not in favor of concealed weapons. I think that creates a potential atmosphere where more innocent people could (get shot during) altercations. ✨ Candidates' gun c… ▶363HumanityThought
Barack ObamaIf you work hard. And are responsible. You should be rewarded.363Time
