Quotes from Barack Obama

We live in a complex world and at a challenging time.

Iran's nuclear program . . . there was going to be a time limit . . .

America, this is our moment. This is our time. Our time to turn the page of the policies of the past.

People are whupped. I'm whupped. My wife is whupped. Unless it's your job to be curious, who really has the time to sit and ask questions and explore issues?

It is time to put in place tough, new common-sense rules of the road so that our financial market rewards drive and innovation, and punishes short-cuts and abuse.

Societies held together by fear and repression may offer the illusion of stability for a time, but they are built upon fault lines that will eventually tear asunder.

We should not anticipate that every time countries come together that we are doing some revolutionary thing. Instead of hitting home runs, sometimes we're going to hit singles.

These days, the House Republicans actually give John Boehner a harder time than they give me. Which means orange really is the new black.

It's time to put country ahead of party. It's time to put the next generation ahead of the next election.

Our environment is too important to neglect and it's time for the federal government to focus on real solutions and live up to their promises.

I stand here today as hopeful as ever that the United States of America will endure, that it will prevail, that the dream of our founders will live on in our time.

Our focus on the investigation is really wide-ranging. And we can't limit it to just one point in time.

This is the defining issue of our time. This is a make-or-break moment for the middle class and for all those who are fighting to get into the middle class.

Sometimes if your only approach is cutting spending at a time when the economy's contracting, then the economy will contract further.

This is a time of great change in the world but America's always been a pillar of strength and a beacon of hope to peoples around the globe and that's what it must continue to be.

There was a time when if you had a financial crisis in Southeast Asia somewhere, it had no impact on our markets. Today it does.

In that kind of environment, where there's so much skepticism about information that's coming in, we're gonna have to spend a lot more time thinking about how do we protect our democratic process.

It's time to end the hypocrisy of those who accumulate wealth through the global economy, and then siphon funds to those who teach children to tear it down.

We've endured too many tragedies. And each time I learn the news I react not as a President, but as anybody else would - as a parent.

I always enjoy watching Republicans compliment Bill Clinton now, because at the time, I'm sure he didn't feel a lot of the love.

We have come from a time of the large-scale, planned, Al Qaeda-style attacks, to the encouragement of lone wolves: Fort Hood, Chattanooga. To the encouragement of people to act on their own.

It could be another election where the alignments between Republicans and Democrats are different than they were this time and who a foreign country prefers.

The American people are both anxious for change. We're in a time of flux.

There wasn't a time where I felt fearful that I couldn't make the best decisions possible.