The president and the executive branch are always going to have greater latitude and greater authority when it comes to protecting America because so….

I do want to once again speak directly to the Iranian people. Yours is a great civilization with a vibrant culture that has so much to contribute to ….

The problem with all these tired excuses for inaction is that it suggests a fundamental lack of faith in American business and American ingenuity..

I've been saying for years, we're gonna have to spend a lot more time on cyber security..

With the changing economy, no one has lifetime employment. But community colleges provide lifetime employability..

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 t….

I'm not saying I'm impervious to criticism..

I can say with confidence that I never bought into the hype, and I made sure that the people around me didn't buy into the hype, and I did not surrou….

Any discuss about taxes ends up being, are you raising them or lowering them, as the opposed to the question I ask - are we raising them for high inc….

There's no doubt that on the issue of abortion, oftentimes it's very difficult to split the difference, although we can agree on the notion that none….

No country on Earth would tolerate missiles raining down on its citizens from outside its borders..

When we were working on immigration reform and there was a young Latino man, young immigration activist here who, in the Roosevelt Room, refused to s….

[We should beware] that our democracy stays healthy. And making sure that we maintain that sense of solidarity..

It's a generational project just to get America to live up fully to its ideals and to have the kind of society where everybody has a shot, and every ….

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 lo….

My sister is a teacher, so I am a strong support of teachers, but I'm not going to be bound by just a certain way of talking about these things, in o….

You wouldn't know that if you talked to Human Rights Watch or Amnesty International or some of the international activist organizations. Certainly yo….

We've said to the Iranians all along . . . we still remain open to diplomacy. But it's been very clear that the Iranians don't want to engage with us..

That's why I stand here tonight. Because for two hundred and thirty two years, at each moment when that promise was in jeopardy, ordinary men and wom….

Teddy Roosevelt supported a progressive income tax. If I am sitting pretty and you've got a waitress who is making minimum wage plus tips, and I can ….

Congress has become so dysfunctional that more and more of a burden is placed on the agencies to fill in the gaps. And the gaps get bigger and bigger….