Quotes from Barack Obama

The American people are going to have a good choice.

I have been blessed by having, and I admittedly am biased, some of the smartest, hardest-working, and good people in my administration that I think any president has ever had.

All the good things that are happening in America don't get reported on a lot.

Donald Trump seems to do a good job mentioning his own name.

We learn from our mistakes, we do some reflection, we lick our wounds, we brush ourselves off - then we go forward, with the presumption of good faith in our fellow citizens.

If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost.

It's important to make sure that governments have some checks on what they do, that people can oversee what's being done so the government doesn't abuse it.

Government without a tough and vibrant media is not an option for the United States of America.

My administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in government.

For decades, our differences with Iran meant that our governments almost never spoke to each other. Ultimately, that did not advance America's interests.

When our government is spoken of as some menacing, threatening foreign entity, it ignores the fact that, in our democracy, government is us.

Each of us deserves the freedom to pursue our own version of happiness. No one deserves to be bullied.

We do not believe that in this country, freedom is reserved for the lucky, or happiness for the few.

I will sign a universal health-care bill into law by the end of my first term as president that will cover every American and cut the cost of a typical family's premium by up to $2,500 a year.

If you have health insurance, then you don't have to do anything. If you've got health insurance through your employer, you can keep your health insurance, keep your choice of doctor, keep your plan.

If you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan.

If you like your doctor or health care provider, you can keep them. If you like your health care plan, you can keep that, too.

I happen to be a proponent of a single-payer universal health care plan.

This is about respect for women, the judgments that women make and their doctors about their reproductive health. It's an important part of who women are, their reproductive health.

The reforms we seek would bring greater competition, choice, savings and inefficiencies to our health care system.

The problem is that because the voucher wouldn't necessarily keep up with health care inflation, it was estimated that this would cost the average senior about $6,000 a year.

Everybody acknowledges that the current path we're on is unsustainable, not just for the people who don't have health insurance but for those who do.

Even on health care what you've seen is a lot of stories surfacing lately about people who said, "Well, I voted for [Donald] Trump but I don't think he's really gonna take away my health care."

I said in a forum on health care if the Republicans can come up with a system that insures more people cheaper, better I will be the first one.