1,050 Quotes by Barack Obama

And we can see the positive impacts right here at Solyndra. Less than a year ago, we were standing on what was an empty lot. But through the Recovery Act, this company received a loan to expand its operations. This new factory is the result of those loans.

I just want to go through Central Park and watch folks passing by. Spend the whole day watching people. I miss that.

If you've got a business - you didn't build that.

John Kerry believes in an America where hard work is rewarded.

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.

We proved that we are still a people capable of doing big things and tackling our biggest challenges.

Contrary to the claims of some of my critics and some of the editorial pages, I am an ardent believer in the free market.

Right around my first year of college - I remember "Song of Solomon," by Toni Morrison, just moved me tremendously. The power of language and how it can peel back truths, bring things to the surface. So I learned a lot from fiction.

As a nuclear power - as the only nuclear power to have used a nuclear weapon - the United States has a moral responsibility to act.