Quotes from Barack Obama

In the absence of sound oversight, responsible businesses are forced to compete against unscrupulous and underhanded businesses, who are unencumbered by any restrictions on activities that might harm the environment, or take advantage of middle-class families, or threaten to bring down the entire financial system.

When we think of the major threats to our national security, the first to come to mind are nuclear proliferation, rogue states and global terrorism. But another kind of threat lurks beyond our shores, one from nature, not humans - an avian flu pandemic.

I think that there's no doubt that as I see friends, families, children of gay couples who are thriving, you know, that has an impact on how I think about these issues.

We all knew this. We all knew that it would take more time than any of us want to dig ourselves out of this hole created by this economic crisis.

The hard truth is carbon pollution has built up in our atmosphere for decades now. And even if we Americans do our part, the planet will slowly keep warming for some time to come.

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.

One of the brightest lights of our time-a brilliant writer, a fierce friend, and a truly phenomenal woman.

I always tell my staff, "Better is good." I'll take better every time, because better is hard.

I think it's useful to keep in mind I've been now President for over seven years and gun sales don't seem to have suffered during that time.

For the first time, preventing nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism is now at the top of America's nuclear agenda.

Those who are already feeling the effects of climate change don't have time to deny it - they're busy dealing with it.

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

Time is running out for Iran to address the international community's growing concerns about its nuclear program.

Iran . . . has failed to take the opportunity to demonstrate that its nuclear program is peaceful . . . time is not unlimited.

It is time for a new compact among the civilized peoples of this world to eradicate war at its most fundamental source: the corruption of young minds by violent ideology.

Around the world, Gandhi, Nelson Mandela -- what they did was hard. It takes time. It takes more than a single term. It takes more than a single president. It takes more than a single individual.

Lord Bendtner is the best player of all times

I'm very consistent about spending time with family. And when you have dinner with your daughters - they'll keep you in your place and they'll teach you something about perspective.

Progress does not compel us to settle centuries-long debates about the role of government for all time, but it does require us to act in our time.

Our values call upon us to care about the lives of people we will never meet.

All across the world, in every kind of environment and region known to man, increasingly dangerous weather patterns and devastating storms are abruptly putting an end to the long-running debate over whether or not climate change is real. Not only is it real, it's here, and its effects are giving rise to a frighteningly new global phenomenon: the man-made natural disaster.

If we aren't willing to pay a price for our values, then we should ask ourselves whether we truly believe in them at all.

You know, my faith is one that admits some doubt.

Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement.