Fear, uncertainty and discomfort are your compasses toward growth. If you run you stand a chance of losing, but if you don't run you've already lost.
Barack ObamaI favor legalizing same-sex marriages, and would fight efforts to prohibit such marriages.
Barack ObamaInternationally, I have obviously been deeply concerned about how we fight the terrorist threat.
Barack ObamaI think that to the extent that we focus on problems where we can build a moral and a political consensus, then I think that we move the country forward and when we are divided and our politics is focused on dividing, then I think we're less successful, not just from the perspective of the Democratic Party or the Republican Party but from the perspective of the nation as a whole.
Barack ObamaIn fact, the American people did decide, back in 2012, when they elected me president of the United States.
Barack ObamaWhen it comes to immigration, I have actually put more money, under my administration, into border security than any other administration previously. We've got more security resources at the border - more National Guard, more border guards, you name it - than the previous administration. So we've ramped up significantly the issue of border security.
Barack Obama