Ours is not the first generation to understand the dire need for health reform. And I am not the first president to take up this cause, but I am dete….

We should never hesitate to use military force, and I will not, as president, in order to keep the American people safe. But we have to use our milit….

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 l….

How do we in the African American community build a culture in which we are saying to our kids, "Here's what it takes to succeed. Here's the sacrific….

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 ….

I refuse to leave our children with a debt that they cannot repay..

I stand here today as hopeful as ever that the United States of America will endure, that it will prevail, that the dream of our founders will live o….

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,….

Throughout history, Islam has demonstrated through words and deeds the possibilities of religious tolerance and racial equality..

Even limited military actions end up carrying with them great costs and unintended consequences..

The federal government and our democracy is not a speedboat. It's an oceanliner, as I discovered when I came into office. It took a lot of really har….

One of the things that we have to change in this country is the idea that people can't disagree without challenging each other's character and patrio….

Call Loretta Lynch for a vote. Get her confirmed. Put her in place. Let her do her job..

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 buildin….

The only people who don't want to disclose the truth are the people with something to hide..

Lieutenant al-Kaseasbeh's dedication, courage and service to his country and family represent universal human values that stand in opposition to the ….

There are institutional obligations I have to carry out that are important for a president of the United States to carry out, but may not always alig….

What Reagan ushered in was a skepticism toward government solutions to every problem. I don't think that has changed.

I can't even get a credit card without three credit bureaus saying I'm good enough..

For the first time in our history, the winners of the White House Turkey Pardon were chosen through a highly competitive online vote. And once again,….

We may come from different places and have different stories, but we share common hopes, and one very American dream..