Quotes from Barack Obama

... our interests and our conscience compel us to act on behalf of those who long for freedom. And we must be a source of hope to the poor, the sick, the marginalized, the victims of prejudice.

No one is pro-abortion.

That is our generation's task - to make these words, these rights, these values of life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness real for every American.

To look at the issue of life and abortion, actually we're moving in that direction where most Americans oppose most abortions.

If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life.

You and I, as citizens, have the obligation to shape the debates of our time, not only with the votes we cast, but the voices we lift in defense of our most ancient values and enduring ideas.

Millions of us, myself included, go back generations in this country, with ancestors who put in the painstaking work to become citizens. So we don't like the notion that anyone might get a free pass to American citizenship.

My fellow Americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once, too.

I think what you're seeing is a profound recognition on the part of the American people that gays and lesbians and transgender persons are our brothers, our sisters, our children, our cousins, our friends, our co-workers, and that they've got to be treated like every other American. And I think that principle will win out.

Today we are engaged in a deadly global struggle for those who would intimidate, torture, and murder people for exercising the most basic freedoms. If we are to win this struggle and spread those freedoms, we must keep our own moral compass pointed in a true direction.

If everybody that voted in 2008 shows up in 2010, we will win this election. We will win this election.

Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we're hardwired not to always think clearly when we're scared. And the country's scared.

I want every math teacher to know math. I want every science teacher to have expertise in science. I want them to know how to inspire and engage young people.

Globalization is a fact, because of technology, because of an integrated global supply chain, because of changes in transportation. And we're not going to be able to build a wall around that.

One of the best parts of the holiday season is spending time with the special people in your life.

For history tells us that while these truths may be self-evident, they've never been self-executing. That while freedom is a gift from God, it must be secured by his people here on earth.

We, the people, still believe that every citizen deserves a basic measure of security and dignity.

Not out of mere charity, but because peace in our time requires the constant advance of those principles that our common creed describes; tolerance and opportunity, human dignity and justice.

Our journey is not complete until all our children... know that they are cared for and cherished and always safe from harm.

We will not apologise for our way of life.

What Americans expect from Washington is action that matches the urgency they feel in their daily lives.

We are God's partners in matters of life and death.

What I've seen in my own life is that when I get something important done it's because of a lot of other people - some who get credit, some who don't.

There are people in Iran who have the same aspirations as people all around the world for a better life.