1,050 Quotes by Barack Obama

Can we see in each other a common humanity and a shared dignity, and recognize how our different experiences have shaped us?

What people really want is fairness. They want people paying their fair share of taxes.

We have not confronted forcefully enough the intolerance, sectarianism, and hopelessness that feeds violent extremism in too many parts of the globe.

Acts of sacrifice and decency without regard to what's in it for you create a ripple effect. Ones that lift up families and communities, that spread opportunity.

Three months is a lifetime in politics.

We seem to have trouble with critical thinking. And our political system doesn't help.

This is about respect for women, the judgments that women make and their doctors about their reproductive health. It's an important part of who women are, their reproductive health.

My biggest frustration so far is the fact that this society has not been willing to take some basic steps to keep guns out of the hands of people who can do just unbelievable damage. We're the only undeveloped country on earth where this happens..And it happens once a week. And it's a one-day story. The country has to do some soul-searching on this.

That doesn't make you a father. It's the courage to raise a child that makes you a father.