The most powerful political moments for me come when I feel like my actions are aligned with a certain truth. I can feel it. When I'm talking to a group and I'm saying something truthful, I can feel a power that comes out of those statements that is different than when I'm just being glib or clever.
Barack ObamaMy abiding faith in the American people is undiminished. That's still what drives me every single day.
Barack ObamaThe values that we talked about, the values democracy and free speech and international norms and rule of law, respecting the ability of other countries to determine their own destiny and preserve their sovereignty and territorial integrity. Things are not something that we can set aside.
Barack ObamaPut simply, what I'd like to do is to see the first two years of community college free for everybody's who is willing to work for it.
Barack Obama