Quotes from Barack Obama

There's no black male my age, who's a professional, who hasn't come out of a restaurant and is waiting for their car and somebody didn't hand them their car keys.

We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories.

This victory alone is not the change we seek; it is only the chance for us to make that change.

Issues are never simple. One thing I'm proud of is that very rarely will you hear me simplify the issues.

Through every victory and every setback, I've insisted that change is never easy and never quick; that we wouldn't meet all of our challenges in one term, or one presidency, or even in one lifetime.

Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that family is the most important.

Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it. But it's not. It takes patience, it takes commitment, and it comes with plenty of failure along the way. The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won't. it's whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere.

it's important to make sure that we're talking with each other in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds.

I have complete confidence in the American people and our legal traditions and the prosecutors, the tough prosecutors from New York who specialize in terrorism.

We've gotta restore the American people's confidence in the ethics process by ensuring that political self-interest can no longer prevent politicians from enforcing ethics rules.

Through words he gave voice to the voiceless. Through deeds he gave courage to the faint of heart.

We have the power to make the world we seek, but only if we have the courage to make a new beginning.

For the sake of our security, our economy and our planet, we must have the courage and commitment to change.

Today, the world lost a creative icon. Michelle and I join millions of fans from around the world in mourning the sudden death of Prince.

I believe in the redemptive death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Of course, violence will not end with our combat mission. Extremists will continue to set off bombs, attack Iraqi civilians and try to spark sectarian strife. But ultimately, these terrorists will fail to achieve their goals.

The basic American promise that if you work hard, you could do well enough to raise a family, own a home, send your kids to college.

The Bush Administration's failure to be consistently involved in helping Israel achieve peace with the Palestinians has been both wrong for our friendship with Israel, as well as badly damaging to our standing in the Arab world.

We worship an awesome God in the Blue States, and we don't like federal agents poking around our libraries in the Red States. We coach Little League in the Blue States and have gay friends in the Red States.

Don't just buy a new video game, make one. Don't just download the latest app, help design it. Don't just play on your phone, program it.

A person's zip code shouldn't decide their destiny.

Across the globe there are girls who will one day lead nations, if only we afford them the chance to choose their own destinies.

America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles of justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.

I will never turn Medicare into a voucher. No American should ever have to spend their golden years at the mercy of insurance companies. They should retire with the care and dignity they have earned.