The theater is necessary. Dance is necessary. Song is necessary. The arts are necessary- they are a necessary part of our lives.
I am confident that we will one day end the scourge of modern slavery, because I believe in those committed to this issue.
We are a nation of laws.
Don’t ever let anybody tell you that your efforts don’t matter or that your voice doesn’t count. Don’t ever believe that you can’t make a difference. You have.
The future must not belong to those who bully women. It must be shaped by girls who go to school and those who stand for a world where our daughters can live their dreams just like our sons.
Today’s decision was a victory for people all across this country whose lives will be more secure.
No one built this country on their own. This nation is great because we built it together.
I believe when women succeed America succeeds!
I believe, in the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., that there is such a thing as being too late, and when it comes to climate change, that hour is almost upon us.
We’re going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics.
The world thanks you for sharing Nelson Mandela with us.
We live in a moment when the dream of equal opportunity is within reach.
What you have to do is to look at what’s going to keep our economic growth going, what’s going to make sure jobs are being created.
You didn’t build that! Somebody else made that happen!
Now is not the time to gut these job-creating investments in science and innovation. Now is the time to reach a level of research and development not seen since the height of the Space Race.
I have fought against spending. I have fought against special interests. I have fought for reform.
Empowering women isn’t just the right thing to do – it’s the smart thing to do.
My administration will not authorize the indefinite military detention without trial of American citizens. Indeed, I believe that doing so would break with our most important traditions and values as a nation.
Weapons that were designed for soldiers in war theaters don’t belong on our streets.
I don’t expect to get 100 percent of what I want, but what we can’t do is go back to the kind of top-down economics that doesn’t work.