1,050 Quotes by Barack Obama

We need earmark reform, and when I'm President, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely.

I cannot swallow whole the view of Lincoln as the Great Emancipator.

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

We as Democrats have not been very interested in poverty or issues relating to the inner city as much as we should have. Think about the last presidential campaign: It's pretty hard to focus a moment on which there was any attention given.

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

When BP was not moving fast enough on claims, we told BP to set aside $20 billion in a fund - managed by an independent third party - to help all those whose lives have been turned upside down by the spill.

I've said very clearly, including in a State of the Union address, that I'm against 'don't ask, don't tell' and that we're going to end this policy.

I think it is important for Europe to understand that even though I am president and George Bush is not president, Al Qaeda is still a threat.

Four years ago, I promised to end the war in Iraq. We did. I promised to refocus on the terrorists who actually attacked us on 9/11. We have. We've blunted the Taliban's momentum in Afghanistan, and in 2014, our longest war will be over. A new tower rises above the New York skyline, al Qaeda is on the path to defeat, and Osama bin Laden is dead.