Barack Obama Quotes

It's not just Iraq - it's the Atlantic partnership which is at stake.

I do believe that both countries, China and Russia, that both of them are responsible countries.

America cannot meet this century's challenges alone; the world cannot meet them without America.

The most important relationship in the world is the U. S. - China relationship.

I don't worry about superpower confrontation. You know, I lived through the Cold War days, and where everybody was worried about a Soviet Union armed to the teeth. I think we're going to get along fine with Russia, and I don't see them as internationally ambitious.

It's better to get along with Russia than not.

I have respect for leaders who defend the interests of their countries. Angela Merkel policies are positive for Germany, but they are unfortunately harmful for all other countries.

We have to establish a joint strategy on other issues, such as Iran and North Korea, but also on climate change. That's why I think it is important to speak at length with the American president Donald Trump and show him a path forward for possible cooperation. I feel an obligation to do so.

The challenge is whether China as a rising country, the United States as the superpower, can develop a cooperative relationship in this period before nationalism becomes so dominant in China as a substitute for communism, and a kind of self-righteous isolationism in this country that substitutes China for the Soviet Union.

I believe that we are going to get along very well with him [Josef Stalin] and the Russian people - very well indeed.

I think Donald Trump needs to be very clear to Vladimir Putin. Let's try to discover areas we can work together. That's fine. We're two a world power. They're a great power arguably. But at the same time we're not going to give any ground. We have to defend our NATO allies.

I think that Russia is very aware that they are on notice when it comes to certain issues. They are very aware that we do want to try and defeat ISIS together, if that's at all possible, along with our allies. But there's no love or anything going on with Russia right now. They get that we're getting our strength back, that we're getting our voice back, and that we're starting to lead again. And honestly, at the United Nations, that's the number one comment I get is they're just so happy to see the United States lead again.

I believe that Israel is one of our most important friends in the world.

Today, it is imperative to end this hysteria, to refute the rhetoric of the Cold War and to accept the obvious fact: Russia is an independent, active participant in international affairs. Like other countries, it has its own national interests that need to be taken into account and respected.

Donald Trump's America can be friend and ally, or at least an indifferent power that concentrates on itself and minds its own business.

Obama really does recognize the threats that are out there; I think he understands the world. He understands the role of America in that troubled world.

We had the clip of [Donald] Trump saying: I'm not president of the globe. I'm president of the United States.[Ronald] Reagan would have never said that. [Dwight] Eisenhower would have never said that, because he would have said, yes, I'm president of the United States, but it's in our interests to be securing a world order.

The friendships of nations, built on common interests, cannot survive the mutability of those interests.

If America could get along with Russia - and by the way, China and Japan and everyone. If we could get along, it would be a positive thing, not a negative thing.

America and China need to understand each other.

Political and security realities have reduced the scope of American unilateralism.

Our relations with the other powers of the world are important, but still more important are our relations among ourselves.

For foreign policy it is necessary to have men who inspire confidence.

We need to plus-up the budget of the State Department, increase the amount of aid we give, and help the world through this difficult moment. That is the price of leadership.

Who does he think the fucking superpower is?