Quotes from Barack Obama

[America] will stand steadfast with Israel in pursuit of security and a lasting peace.

Jesus lived a life of peace, love, kindness and forgiveness, during the hustle and bustle of the Christmas season, may we all do our best to follow his example.

We will outstretch the hand if you unclench your fist.

Peace depends upon compromise among peoples who must live together long after our speeches are over, long after our votes have been tallied.

Islamic culture has given us majestic arches and soaring spires; timeless poetry and cherished music; elegant calligraphy and places of peaceful contemplation.

A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things.

Our destiny is not written for us, but by us.

In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?

A better politics is one where we appeal to each other's basic decency instead of our basest fears.

The politics around trade has always been tough, particularly in the Democratic party, because people have memories of outsourcing and job loss.

All of us - we should do everything we can to make sure this country lives up to our children's expectations.

There's not a liberal America and a conservative America - there's the United States of America.

Climate change poses a direct threat to the infrastructure of America that we need to stay competitive in this 21st-century economy.

The path towards sustainable energy sources will be long and sometimes difficult. But America cannot resist this transition, we must lead it.

I am a little jet lagged from my trip to Malaysia...The lengths we have to go to to get CNN coverage these days.

Money is the original sin in politics and I am not sinless.

Politics has never been for the thin-skinned or the faint-of-heart, and if you enter the arena, you should expect to get roughed up.

Politics, differences of religion or race, all that fades away when we are confronted with the awesome power of nature, and we're reminded that all we have is each other.

The nation that leads the clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy.

As long as countries like China keep going all in on clean energy, so must we.

Three months is a lifetime in politics.

Part of what's changed in politics is social media and how people are receiving information.

It should be the power of our vote, not the size of our bank accounts, that drives our democracy

As a nuclear power - as the only nuclear power to have used a nuclear weapon - the United States has a moral responsibility to act.