Barack Obama
I thought Brittany Packnett, who was one of the Ferguson activists, really interesting, smart young lady, really impressive - you might want to talk with her. So she was one of the organizers of the Ferguson movement, ended up joining our task force. She came in here and she just knew her stuff.Collection: Smart
Government without a tough and vibrant media is not an option for the United States of America.Collection: Government
Sergeant first class Cory Remsburg never gives up and he does not quit.Collection: Giving Up
My administration will be the most transparent in historyCollection: Administration
The surest path to success is to surround yourself with brilliant womenCollection: Path
If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life.Collection: Teacher
I'm inspired by my own children, how full they make my heart. They make me want to work to make the world a little bit better. And they make me want to be a better man.Collection: Children
We will respond to the threat of climate changeCollection: Climate
Let's face it, I like Stanford grads. I'd always hear about this campus, and everybody is riding bikes, and people hopping into fountains.Collection: People
There are places and moments in America where this nation’s destiny has been decided...Selma is such a place.Collection: Destiny
What drags down our entire economy is when there's an ever-widening chasm between the ultra-rich and everybody else.Collection: Rich
I've made it clear for years that the threat from Iran is grave.Collection: Iran
There’s no doubt that there’s some folks who just really dislike me because they don’t like the idea of a black President.Collection: Dislike Me
National legislation will prevent other states' flawed concealed-weapons laws from threatening the safety of Illinois residents.Collection: Illinois
Think about it: Iran, Cuba, Venezuela - these countries are tiny compared to the Soviet Union. They don't pose a serious threat to us the way the Soviet Union posed a threat to us.Collection: Country
Jimmy Carter will go down in American history as 'the president who lost Iran,'Collection: Iran
The president does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation. As commander in chief, the president does have a duty to protect and defend the United States. In instances of self-defense, the president would be within his constitutional authority to act before advising Congress or seeking its consent.Collection: Military
Israel is our friend, that we will assist in their security.Collection: Israel
I'm not denouncing the church, and I'm not interested in people who want me to denounce the church. It's not a church worthy of denouncing.Collection: People
I am reminded every day of my life, if not by events, then by my wife, that I am not a perfect man.Collection: Men
I honor, we honor the service of John McCain, and I respect his many accomplishments, even if he chooses to deny mine. My differences with him are not personal; they are with the policies he has proposed in this campaign.Collection: Differences
Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided.Collection: Israel
You can't just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done.Collection: Done
The presidency has a funny way of making a person feel the need to pray.Collection: Needs
There was no such thing as Al Qaeda in Iraq, until George Bush and John McCain decided to invade Iraq.Collection: Iraq
That's silly talk... Talk to my wife. She'll tell me I need to learn to just put my socks on the hamper.Collection: Silly
I want to thank the Greek people publicly for their humanitarian response to the crisis of so many migrants and refugees seeking safety in Europe. Greeks, especially on the islands, have shown extraordinary compassion and they've rightly earned the admiration of the world.Collection: Compassion
The interests of all Cypriots would be advanced with a bizonal bicommunal federation.Collection: Would Be
The Greek people have gone through some very difficult times and there's still a hard road ahead, but despite those hardships, Greece has continued to be a reliable ally, has shown true compassion to fellow human beings in need. It's an example of the Greek character.Collection: Character
You can't entirely compare between the United States and Greece for a range of reasons, not just because of the size of the economy.Collection: Size
Sometimes if your only approach is cutting spending at a time when the economy's contracting, then the economy will contract further.Collection: Cutting
When the economy is still struggling, putting people back to work, finding ways to spur economic activity, ultimately can help to reduce the structural deficits and debts that countries experience.Collection: Country
The United States has to go through structural reforms in terms of improving our education system or revamping our infrastructure or, you know, looking at some regulations that weren't properly controlling excesses on Wall Street.Collection: Wall
There are enormous resources in Greece.Collection: Resources
My hope is that more and more investors around the world see an opportunity to do business in Greece.Collection: Opportunity
No two countries are identical, and obviously, there's a difference between a referendum on a very complex relationship between Great Britain and the rest of Europe, and a presidential election in the United States.Collection: Country
The quicker you resolve the problems with banks and there's transparency in that process, the faster they recapitalize and are able to make investments.Collection: Able
The sort of seeing cruelty and callousness of that sort from young people is heartbreaking.Collection: People
I think that we are in a position to continue to make progress, but it's gonna require us to both recognize what the problems are, also recognize the progress we've made. Last point I'd make on this, since we're on criminal justice: During the course of my presidency crime has been the lowest it's been probably since the '60s.Collection: Thinking
During the course of my presidency crime has been the lowest it's been probably since the '60s. Butyou wouldn't know it if you were watching TV or looking at the internet, and you certainly wouldn't know it, listening to this past [Donald Trump's] campaign.Collection: Past
There are some exceptions: Chicago, my hometown, in particular. But overall in the country this is a much safer place than it used to be.Collection: Country
If you ask the average person they'd tell ya, "Naw, it's much more dangerous," despite the fact that violent crime has dropped precipitously.Collection: Average
We have to recognize we've got some big problems on race, just like we got still big problems on crime, just like we got big problems on just about everything. But we also have to make sure that we've - draw confidence from the progress that we have made, 'cause otherwise, you get into this cycle of cynicism.Collection: Race
I warn young people that I interact with about this - you get into unrealistic expectations where you think that, "Oh, we're gonna eliminate racism like that. After Obama's elected how could there be any racism?".Collection: Thinking
I think I will still feel that same appreciation for what [Winston] Churchill and others have said is the worst form of government except all the alternatives.Collection: Appreciation
We've got to control our own energy. Now, not only oil and natural gas, which we've been investing in; but also, we've got to make sure we're building the energy source of the future, not just thinking about next year, but ten years from now, 20 years from now. That's why we've invested in solar and wind and biofuels, energy efficient cars.Collection: Thinking
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.Collection: War
Shaykh Bin Bayyah described his purpose. We must declare war on war so the outcome will be peace upon peace.Collection: War
There is a theory that basically says that we can shred regulations and consumer protections and give more and more to the most, and somehow prosperity will trickle down. It hasn't worked. And I think that the fundamentals of the economy have to be measured by whether or not the middle class is getting a fair shake.Collection: Thinking