Barack Obama Quotes

Government is not the problem, and government is not the solution. We - the American people - we are the solution.

For all the huffing and blowing we get about rugged individualism, the American spirit and the American experiment always have had at their heart the notion that the government is all of us and that, therefore, the government may keep things in trust for all of us.

America, I like the spirit. Because American people here believe in something. I like that spirit.

I am quite aware that a distinction must be drawn between the American government and the American people.

The American people want change, and they see in Donald Trump a leader who embodies the American spirit.

People who can't rely on their wits and intelligence to reach success -- that's not what government is about, and that's not what I want.

I think it's a scary thing for a lot of people to think of the government not being involved in their lives, particularly single women.

Poverty without a people's government looks like hopelessness, but to see poverty in organized communities is to see relief-in-progress.

... the happiness of a people is the only rational object of government, and the only object for which a people, free to choose, can have a government at all.

It's time for the government to scale back, not for people of faith to scale back!

We just need the government to be that greenhouse that permits our faith to grow.

I have complete faith in the American people's ability if they know and if they have leadership.

The American people are going to have a good choice.

If there's one thing the American people aren't lacking, it is courage.

It's not government that makes business successful. It's not government investments that makes businesses grow and hire people.

Dear young people, do not be afraid of making decisive choices in life. Have faith; the Lord will not abandon you!

The American people don't trust the Federal Government to enforce our immigration laws, and we will not be able to do anything on immigration until we first prove to the American people that illegal immigration is under control. And we can do that. We know what it takes to do that.

People say, "Well, we're all just going to die and go to heaven anyway, or Jesus is going to come back" or something. I don't feel like God wants us just to lay down and die just because that's going to happen. I think we should keep trying.

There are no words to express the extraordinary strength and character of this breed of people we call American. They are the kind of men and women Tom Paine had in mind when he wrote, during the darkest days of the American Revolution, we have it in our power to begin the world over again.

People felt like they were friends with Google, and they believed in the "Do No Evil" thing that Google said. They trusted Google more than they trusted the government, and I never understood that.

The government is supposed to provide a level playing field where people can compete fairly. It's not supposed to cut deals with one company or another to do so.

The lessons of paternalism ought to be unlearned and the better lesson taught that while the people should patriotically and cheerfully support their government, its functions do not include the support of the people.

There are many things the government cant do, many good purposes it must renounce. It must leave them to the enterprise of others. It cannot feed the people. It cannot enrich the people. It cannot teach the people. It cannot convert the people.

A people without the memories of heroic suffering and sacrifices are a people without a history.

In Wisconsin, we understand people create jobs, not the government. Those who choose to employ - be it one or many - are to be appreciated and encouraged, so as to prosper and increase employment for others in the future.