The criminal-justice system is, obviously, the sole source of racial tension in this country [USA] or the key institution to resolving the opportunity gap. It is a part of the broader set of challenges that we face in creating a more perfect union.
Barack ObamaTo those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society's ills on the West - know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy.
Barack ObamaI think it's about time! Who cares whether he is looking for votes or not! At least your country is moving forward with the times!
Barack ObamaWhen you've got a economy in which 40 percent of economic growth is happening in the financial sector, that turns out that was all an illusion, that it wasn't growth based on real products and services, but just a bunch of paper shuffling and a house of cards, then what's gonna emerge, at some point, is a sense of resentment, a sense that the system's rigged, and it's not working for ordinary people. And it's not fulfilling the basic American dream.
Barack ObamaYou don't know how it would have turned out if [kids] would grown up in Chicago instead, and a more normal environment.
Barack ObamaThis kind of inequality - a level that we havenโt seen since the Great Depression - hurts us all. When middle-class families can no longer afford to buy the goods and services that businesses are selling...it drags down the entire economy from top to bottom. America was built on the idea of broad-based prosperity... Thatโs why a CEO like Henry Ford made it his mission to pay his workers enough so that they could buy the cars he made. Itโs also why a recent study showed that countries with less inequality tend to have stronger and steadier economic growth over the long run.
Barack Obama