The path of America's development is never a straight line. Sometimes we move in ways that are forwards; sometime that seem back.
Barack ObamaThe real problem, if you look at how, for example, Hezbollah got a lot of missiles that are a grave threat to Israel, it's not because they were legal, it's not because somehow that was authorized under international law; it was because there was insufficient intelligence or capacity to stop those shipments.
Barack ObamaThe Cold War has been over for a long time. I'm not interested in having battles that, frankly, started before I was born.
Barack ObamaIt's the best deal of, of this whole thing is it turns out I've got this nice home office. And at the end of the day, yeah, I can come home, even if I've got more work to do, I can have dinner with them. I can help them with their homework. I can tuck them in. If I've gotta go back to the office, I can.
Barack Obama