It should be the power of our vote, not the size of our bank accounts, that drives our democracy.
BARACK OBAMAPersevere. Nothing worthwhile is easy.
More Barack Obama Quotes
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Let us remember that we can do these things not just because of wealth or power, but because of who we are: one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
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The worst thing that colonialism did was to cloud our view of our past.
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When our government is spoken of as some menacing, threatening foreign entity, it ignores the fact that, in our democracy, government is us.
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A nation ringed by walls will only imprison itself.
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Find somebody to be successful for. Raise their hopes. Rise to their needs.
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I think, as you get older, that’s when your ambitions become “peculiar”.
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When times get tough, we don’t give up. We get up.
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In a global economy where the most valuable skill you can sell is your knowledge, a good education is no longer just a pathway to opportunity – it is a prerequisite.
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The best judge of whether or not a country is going to develop is how it treats its women
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Greatness is never free; it must be earned.
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Just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail.
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If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.
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I wish the country had fewer lawyers and more engineers.
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Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it.
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Theoretically, there is nothing that can stop the government from taxing 100 per cent of income so long as the people get benefits from the government commensurate with their income which is taxed.
BARACK OBAMA, SR.