My administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in government.
We reject the use of national security letters to spy on citizens who are not suspected of a crime.
Nothing in life that’s worth anything is easy.
ISIL is a terrorist organization, pure and simple, and it has no vision other than the slaughter of all who stand in its way.
America does not presume to know what is best for everyone.
Like it or not, we have to have a financial system that is healthy and functioning.
It’s important to listen to what scientists have to say, even when it’s inconvenient, especially when it’s inconvenient.
Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns into universal, rather than religion-specific, values.
Everybody knows politics is a contact sport.
For top executives to award themselves these kinds of compensation packages in the midst of this economic crisis is not only bad taste, it’s bad strategy-and I will not tolerate it as president.
Now, as the world’s largest economy and as the world’s second largest emitter, America bears our responsibility to address climate change, and we intend to meet that responsibility.
We’ve taken bold action at home by making historic investments in renewable energy, by putting our people to work increasing efficiency in our homes and buildings, and by pursuing comprehensive legislation to transform to a clean energy economy.
Our goal is to have a country that’s not divided by race.
The point I was making was not that Grandmother harbors any racial animosity. She doesn’t. But she is a typical white person...
Medicare in particular will run out of money, and we will not be able to sustain that program no matter how much taxes go up.
I think it’s important to realize that I was actually black before the election.
I favor legalizing same-sex marriages, and would fight efforts to prohibit such marriages.
I have been to this point unwilling to sign on to same-sex marriage primarily because of my understandings of the traditional definitions of marriage. But I also think you’re right that attitudes evolve, including mine.
Every single American – gay, straight, lesbian, bisexual, transgender – every single American deserves to be treated equally in the eyes of the law and in the eyes of our society. It’s a pretty simple proposition.
This is America, and our commitment to religious freedom must be unshakeable. The principle that people of all faiths are welcome in this country, and will not be treated differently by their government, is essential to who we are.