Barack Obama Quotes

Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation - not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago.
Barack Obama

Power, Simple, Made

What Washington needs is adult supervision.
Barack Obama

Needs, Adult, Washington

Issues are never simple. One thing I'm proud of is that very rarely will you hear me simplify the issues.
Barack Obama

Simple, Proud, Hear

This is the moment when we must come together to save this planet. Let us resolve that we will not leave our children a world where the oceans rise and famine spreads and terrible storms devastate our lands.
Barack Obama

Children, Together, Moment

We can choose a future where we export more products and outsource fewer jobs. After a decade that was defined by what we bought and borrowed, we're getting back to basics, and doing what America has always done best: We're making things again.
Barack Obama

Best, Future, Done

What I believe is that marriage is between a man and a woman, but what I also believe is that we have an obligation to make sure that gays and lesbians have the rights of citizenship that afford them visitations to hospitals, that allow them to be, to transfer property between partners, to make certain that they're not discriminated on the job.
Barack Obama

Marriage, Job, Woman

If everybody that voted in 2008 shows up in 2010, we will win this election. We will win this election.
Barack Obama

Win, Election, Everybody

There is probably a perverse pride in my administration... that we were going to do the right thing, even if short-term it was unpopular. And I think anybody who's occupied this office has to remember that success is determined by an intersection in policy and politics and that you can't be neglecting of marketing and P.R. and public opinion.
Barack Obama

Success, Politics, Remember

The day I'm inaugurated, this country looks at itself differently and the world looks at America differently. If you believe that we've got to heal America and we've got to repair our standing in the world, then I think my supporters believe that I am a messenger who can deliver that message around the world in a way that no other candidate can do.
Barack Obama

Country, America, Around

No one is pro-abortion.
Barack Obama

There's not a liberal America and a conservative America - there's the United States of America.
Barack Obama

America, United, Liberal

My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington.
Barack Obama

Job, Washington, Represent

Now, anybody who thinks that we can move this economy forward with just a few folks at the top doing well, hoping that it's going to trickle down to working people who are running faster and faster just to keep up, you'll never see it.
Barack Obama

Forward, Down, Working

Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we're hardwired not to always think clearly when we're scared. And the country's scared.
Barack Obama

Politics, Time, Science

The Bush Administration's failure to be consistently involved in helping Israel achieve peace with the Palestinians has been both wrong for our friendship with Israel, as well as badly damaging to our standing in the Arab world.
Barack Obama

Friendship, Peace, Failure

We've protected thousands of people in Libya; we have not seen a single U.S. casualty; there's no risks of additional escalation. This operation is limited in time and in scope.
Barack Obama

Time, Single, Seen

For more than four decades, the Libyan people have been ruled by a tyrant - Moammar Gaddafi. He has denied his people freedom, exploited their wealth, murdered opponents at home and abroad, and terrorized innocent people around the world - including Americans who were killed by Libyan agents.
Barack Obama

Home, Freedom, Around

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

War, Dumb, Wars

Let me be absolutely clear. Israel is a strong friend of Israel's. It will be a strong friend of Israel's under a McCain administration. It will be a strong friend of Israel's under an Obama administration. So that policy is not going to change.
Barack Obama

Change, Strong, Friend

Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference.
Barack Obama

Money, Makes, Difference

We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.
Barack Obama

Time, Trying, Idea

Community colleges play an important role in helping people transition between careers by providing the retooling they need to take on a new career.
Barack Obama

Important, Career, Play

I don't care whether you're driving a hybrid or an SUV. If you're headed for a cliff, you have to change direction. That's what the American people called for in November, and that's what we intend to deliver.
Barack Obama

Change, Care, American

I mean, I do think at a certain point you've made enough money.
Barack Obama

Money, Mean, Made

Our friends at the Republican convention were more than happy to talk about everything they think is wrong with America, but they didn't have much to say about how they'd make it right. They want your vote, but they don't want you to know their plan.
Barack Obama

Happy, Everything, Friends

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Nationality: American

Type: President

Born: August 4, 1961

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