Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Politician

Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States, notable for his focus on hope, change, and healthcare reform through the Affordable Care Act.

Thinking People Country America Believe Children
Born
August 4, 1961
Quotes
3.1K
Rank
#191

Quote collection

Barack Obama quotes (page 142 of 157)

3.1K quotes — follow a thought to its full quote page.

Barack Obama Politician
Popular

"Although there are some parallels to the problems that we're seeing now and what we say back in the '30s, no period is exactly the same. For us to simply recreate what existed back in the '30s in the 21st century, I think would be missing the boat. We've gotta come up with solutions that are true to our times and true to this moment. And that's gonna be our job. I think the basic principle that government has a role to play in kick starting an economy that has ground to a halt is sound."

Thinking Missing Boat
Read quote 3 likes
Barack Obama Politician
Popular

"America can't provide health care to people who need it. We can't invest in science and technology, which will determine whether or not we are going to be competitive in the long term. There has never been a country on Earth that saw its economy decline and yet maintained its military superiority."

Country Military Technology
Read quote 3 likes
Barack Obama Politician
Popular

"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."

Thinking President
Read quote 3 likes
Barack Obama Politician
Popular

"Let's take the money that we've been spending on war over the last decade to rebuild America, roads, bridges schools. We do those things, not only is your future going to be bright but America's future is going to bright as well."

War School Bridges
Read quote 3 likes
Barack Obama Politician
Popular

"The amount of interaction, the amount of understanding that exists in your generation among people of different races and different creeds and different colors is unprecedented. And by the way, that goes - that cuts across party lines, that cuts across partisan lines."

Party Cutting Race
Read quote 3 likes
Barack Obama Politician
Popular

"In America, we then made a commitment, particularly after World War II with the GI Bill, to massively expand our commitment to college education, and that meant we had more engineers and we had more scientists and that meant we had better technology, which meant that we were more productive and we could succeed in the global marketplace."

War Commitment Technology
Read quote 3 likes
Barack Obama Politician
Popular

"In America, we started the public school system very early in the century, and as a consequence we had more skilled workers than any nation on Earth, which meant that we were more productive than any nation on Earth."

School America Earth
Read quote 3 likes
Barack Obama Politician
Popular

"Your kids grow up. I think they more than anything are making me feel as if, you know, you want to squeeze everything you got every single day out of this thing. Because it passes quick."

Growing Up Kids Thinking
Read quote 3 likes
Barack Obama Politician
Popular

"By 2016, the people who had looked to [Barack] Obama for change were looking somewhere else."

Somewhere Else People Barack
Read quote 3 likes
Barack Obama Politician
Popular

"I am confident that Assad's days are numbered. But what we can't do is to simply suggest that, as Governor Romney at times has suggested, that giving heavy weapons, for example, to the Syrian opposition is a simple proposition that would lead us to be safer over the long term."

Simple Long Giving
Read quote 3 likes
Barack Obama Politician
Popular

"One very difficult decision was deciding to vote against the appropriations bill for the war. I had consistently said that I wanted to make sure our troops got the adequate and training in the war effort, despite the fact that I opposed the war at the point that the president decided to double down and send more troops. I had to vote against funding as a way of bringing it back to the table. That was a difficult decision for me."

War Effort Decision
Read quote 3 likes
Barack Obama Politician
Popular

"The biggest threat, when it comes to climate change and pollution, isn't going to come from us because we only have 300 million people. It's going to come from China with over 1 billion people and India with over 1 billion people."

People Climate India
Read quote 3 likes
Barack Obama Politician
Popular

"When you see a Donald Trump and a Bernie Sanders, very unconventional candidates, have considerable success, then obviously there's something there that's being tapped into; a suspicion on globalization, a desire to reign in it's excesses, a suspicion of elites and governing institutions that people feel may not be responsive to their immediate needs. And that sometimes gets wrapped up in issues of ethnic identify or religious identity or cultural identity, and that can be a volatile mix."

Religious Issues People
Read quote 3 likes
Barack Obama Politician
Popular

"Globalization combined with technology, combined with social media and constant information, have disrupted people's lives sometimes in very concrete ways; a manufacturing plant closes and suddenly an entire town no longer has what was the primary source of employment."

Technology Media People
Read quote 3 likes
Barack Obama Politician
Popular

"I do think that I have a better sense of how military action can result in unintended consequences."

Military Thinking Action
Read quote 3 likes
Barack Obama Politician
Popular

"There are times where I've made mistakes or our administration hasn't always aligned ourselves with the values we need to align ourselves with. It's a work of constant improvement."

Mistake Needs Administration
Read quote 3 likes
Barack Obama Politician
Popular

"One of my strengths is I have a pretty even temperament. I don't get too high when it's high and I don't get too low when it's low. And what I found during the course of the presidency, and I suppose this is true in life, is that investments and work that you make back here sometimes take a little longer than the 24-hour news cycle to bear fruit."

News Littles Fruit
Read quote 3 likes
Barack Obama Politician
Popular

"We may never understand what leads anybody to terrorize their fellow human beings. Such violence, such evil is senseless. It's beyond reason."

Evil May Violence
Read quote 3 likes
Barack Obama Politician
Popular

"The president [Barack Obama] laid out his vision for foreign policy in a way that we hadn't heard before. And it could be summed up, I think, in two words - realistic idealism."

Thinking Two Vision
Read quote 3 likes