I have to be able to implement a policy that doesn't completely erase borders and boundaries. Not because I think that Honduran child who's gotten here is less worthy of love, attention, opportunity than my child, but because I'm the president of the United States of America and I'm not speaking as a religious leader.
Barack ObamaI had said from the start that I thought Iraq was a mistake, that we should have stayed focused on Afghanistan. I think it was the right decision because the Taliban at that point had gotten a lot of momentum before I'd gotten into office, partly because we hadn't been paying attention as much as we needed to to Afghanistan.
Barack ObamaThere's nobody to guide through the process of becoming a man... to explain to them the meaning of manhood. And that's a recipe for disaster.
Barack ObamaToday, women make up about half our workforce. But they still make 77 cents for every dollar a man earns. That is wrong, and in 2014, itโs an embarrassment. Women deserve equal pay for equal work.
Barack ObamaThe only reason I send a single young man or woman in uniform anywhere in the world is because I think it's necessary to keep us safe.
Barack ObamaThis self-reflection, this willingness to examine ourselves, to make corrections, to do better, that's part of what makes us Americans. It's part of what sets us apart from other nations, the United States is the most professional, most capable, most cutting-edge intelligence community in the world.
Barack Obama