Top 1200 President Barack Obama Quotes & Sayings - Page 15

Tester voted for President Obama's nominations of Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan but opposed President Trump's nomination of Neil Gorsuch. That's not representing our Montana values.

I could never wrap my head around why the world and the President that Republicans describe bears so little resemblance to the world and the President that I experience. And now I know why. There is a President Obama that only Republicans can see.

Barack Obama makes me feel good to be a black man.

The president [Barack Obama] asked for a commitment of, I think, 100,000 jobs for veterans and military spouses over the next couple of years. And we announced during the tour last week that we have gotten more than 60,000 jobs, and we're well on our way to just crashing that goal out of the water, because what businesses are understanding is that these men and women are some of the most highly trained resources that we have in this country.

Obama wants to be thought of as the president who freed us from foreign oil. But if he doesn't show some political courage, he may well be remembered as the president who cooked the planet.

Do you agree with me that we can't afford four more years of Barack Obama?

For some reason, President Obama is being heckled about "don't ask, don't tell," which may be revoked. The president wants gays to be allowed to serve openly in the military.

Barack Obama volunteered to be the Captain of the Titanic AFTER it hit the iceberg

Cathleen Falsani: What is sin? Barack Obama: Being out of alignment with my values.

For even the most seasoned observers of American politics, Barack Obama is a phenomenon.

I campaigned for Hillary Clinton when she was in the primaries against [Barack] Obama, actually.

We don't want Arizona to be dependent on the whims of Barack Obama and the federal government.

Barack Obama's a terrible commander-in-chief. He is gutting our military. It's not an exaggeration.

Barack Obama's policies can be summarized as omnipotence at home, impotence abroad. So, the federal government is expanding its powers at home over the private sector and over the lives of ordinary citizens. Abroad, Obama's working to undermine America's influence and power. If someone is trying to shrink America's influence, it doesn't necessarily mean you have to do it by doing nothing. You can also be vigorous like Obama who has been very active to achieve what has really been his consistent objective.

The only future Barack Obama is trying to win is his own re-election.

A lawyer from Africa wants to marry Malia Obama in exchange for goats, sheep, and cows. In response, President Obama said, 'Don't be ridiculous. My daughter isn't marrying a lawyer.'

The substantive difference between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama is not really that great.

Barack Obama believes he has the same kind of connection to the American people that Trump has.

Barack Obama's official nomination as the Democratic Party's standard-bearer was a very poignant moment for millions of Americans. As the first non-white major party nominee, Obama is carrying a big load on his shoulders. He's holding the hopes and dreams of a lot of folks who thought the presidency was only reserved for white men.

I would argue [Donald]Trump is the [Barack] Obama of this election cycle.

The small moments I've had to talk with President Obama, I've told him, 'I get it.' His presidency was in some ways almost overshadowed by the fact that he was the first black president.

Well, the taxes that everyone else is paying are supporting lots of programs that were in place prior to Barack Obama's new spending. So new spending has too be paid for by new taxes, or by eliminating existing tax breaks. And Obama wants that burden to be borne exclusively by the rich.

Barack Obama has raised tons of money. That is what he means by being green.

I don't sense an [Barack] Obama party. I think politics is transactional for him.

Eazy-E was cooler than Barack Obama and Michelle put together.

We need a direct repudiation of Barack Obama and everything for which he stands.

As president, Trump does and says outrageous and false things every week, from ordering arbitrary travel bans to accusing President Obama of illegal wiretapping with no evidence.

President Obama had beer with four unemployed construction workers. And Obama asked the guys what was it like to lose their jobs, and they were like, 'Oh, you'll see.'

Barack Obama thinks he's universally loved and adored because of that approval rating, which is a lie or a misrepresentation. It's mainly people that don't have the guts to tell a pollster that they disapprove of the job because of the racial component, because whenever Obama's policies are on the ballot, they get skunked! If he's on ballot with them, not so bad.

Let me speak to you as someone who is a republican, like Stuart Stevens who worked for Romney, right? He said if Barack Obama in '08 had said, oh, you know, [Vladimir] Putin is better than George W. Bush as a leader, he said republicans would have said Obama, get out of the race. You're a disgrace to the American people.

I would've written this story [Django] if [Barack] Obama were president or if he never existed. For one, I think it's time to tell a story that deals with this subject America has avoided for so long. Most countries have been forced to deal with the atrocities of their past that still affect them to this day. But America has been pretty slippery in the way that it has avoided looking slavery in the eye. I believe that's a problem.

The president [Barack Obama] decided to leave more troops than he had originally planned in Afghanistan. We have a very cooperative government there, with Ashraf Ghani and his top - his top partner, Abdullah. And they are doing their very best. And the Afghan army is actually fighting. The Afghan army is taking heavy losses defending Afghan territory.

People who are desperate for Barack Obama to win the presidency are capable of practically anything.

The biggest problem this world has today is not President [Barack] Obama with global warming, which is inconceivable, this is what he's saying. The biggest problem we have is nuclear - nuclear proliferation and having some maniac, having some madman go out and get a nuclear weapon. That's in my opinion, that is the single biggest problem that our country faces.

I was very surprised Barack Obama called Donald Trump "unfit to serve" during a press conference with the prime minister of Singapore. That is the sort of full-weight-of-the-presidency thing that I don't necessarily expect from Obama. So, why did he do it? I think he not only genuinely dislikes Trump but believes Trump would be dangerous as the commander-in-chief.

President Obama filled out his March Madness bracket. You can tell Obama's mind is elsewhere because his top two picks were Israel and Iran.

So to some extent he [Barack Obama] is a victim of the expectations and the high hopes that we experienced.

The tactics of Saul Alinsky and Barack Obama are geared toward wealth redistribution.

Barack Obama's class warfare will not work on this Republican nominee. Not in Utah.

Barack Obama's journey to the White House has impressed and inspired the entire world.

President Obama, by the way, has set a Guinness World Record as the fastest person to get a million Twitter followers. Obama now has as many followers as the Republicans have presidential candidates.

As a matter of fact since Barack Obama has been president it is more overt - I believe - than it's been since the 1940's and 50's and so I am not surprised by it. I think it's an excellent teaching tool, particular for my sons and our people to understand that we still have to build within our community. We still have to work with one another. We still have to connect even with people outside of this country.

What made me decide to run was the dire state of the economy and the non-leadership of President Obama. At that point in time, my campaign put a mustache on Obama as part of the national campaign drive.

When Barack Obama was elected, it immediately brought out all the differences in society.

For me, Barack Obama represents grace, respect, betterment and community.

We need each and every one of you to commit to vote for Barack Obama today!

President Obama will not be able to contain himself, and he will go after Mr. Trump every single chance he gets once Obama is out of office.

Barack Obama has exhibited sympathy, if not for the terrorists, then certainly for the Islamic supremacists.

There has certainly been ugly, right-wing hatred targeting Barack Obama.

Barack Obama's a politician, I'm a pastor. We speak to two different audiences.

The last thing America needs is four more years of Barack Obama.

That [race] is still part of what [Barack Obama] is riding on. Except that, too, is diminishing.

Iraq is fragile and may fall back into a devastating setting. We're not making the kind of progress in Afghanistan that had been promised. And our esteem around the world has fallen. I can't think of a major country. It's hard to think of a single country that has greater respect and admiration for America today than it did five years ago when Barack Obama became President. And that's a very sad, unfortunate state of affairs.

The big story today, Barack Obama was accused of insulting Sarah Palin when he criticized Republican policies by saying, you can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig. Political experts say that if Obama keeps insulting Palin, he could lose the election and win a job at MSNBC.

If you want to understand what is going on in the White House today, you have to begin with Barack Obama.

You know, let me be very clear. I supported Barack Obama originally.

[Barack Obama] needs to really engage both Republicans and Democrats.

I think the people that Barack Obama has been associating with are anti-American, by and large.

We had President Obama on the show last night. I think the president enjoys visiting NBC because we're the only place that has lower numbers than he does.

Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have left us with $19 trillion in debt.