Barack Obama Quotes

I will take a backseat to no one in keeping America safe. I have a very clear set of proposals about how we defeat ISIS.

Let me remind you all that the first task of American foreign policy is to reduce threats to the United States.

Our safety requires a long-term military presence in the Middle East because that's where the plans to attack us are emanating.

I think it's encouraging that President Trump is talking about strengthening our national defense, something he ran on again.

Let me just say that I'm the only candidate in this race now that has any firsthand experience fighting terrorism. And both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, I think, have proven in different ways that they're unprepared for that challenge.

I'm a single-issue voter, to get straight to the point. I'm really only interested in the candidate who's toughest and least apologetic when it comes to the confrontation with Islamic Jihadism.

Hillary Clinton is going to make sure that Americans are safe at home and abroad.

I vowed to our countrymen that I would do everything I could to protect the American people... That's why I said to Afghanistan: If you harbor a terrorist, you're just as guilty as the terrorist.

The capture of Saddam has not made America safer.

All the Armes of England will not arme feare.

I happen to be one of those in the antiwar part of things who actually supported Bill Clinton when he sent the cruise missiles in to take out bin Laden. I had thought we had the right to use Special Forces to go in for bin Laden. He had attacked American embassies. He attacked ships. And so, I didn't see any need to coddle the Taliban.

I'm never scared, they never real, I never run. When all is said and done, more is always said than done.

I have never understood why the politicians who are most eager to send soldiers into harm's way are always depicted as their most ardent friends.

I've forgotten more about national security than George W. Bush will ever learn.

What is needed [to combat terrorism], in my view, is resolve, not retreat; courage, not concession. Rather than thinking in terms of an exit strategy, focus on a strategy for success.

If you give me the chance and give me your vote I will protect America from the wars that are being brought to our door step.

[Donald Trump] is talked about enormous loss that we've had in this country by allowing radical Islamic extremists to run rampant without having a coherent plan for how to destroy them, not just to contain them, but to destroy them. And the implications of that for all families who are losing service members is significant.

Every US President has to have a war.

You know if I had nickel for every time Bush has mentioned 9/11, I could raise enough reward money to go after Bin Laden.

When it comes time to protecting the homeland, the United States of America must be right 100 percent of the time. And the enemy, which desires to strike us again, only has to be right once.

I have made it clear that we will hunt down terrorists who threaten our country, wherever they are. That means I will not hesitate to take action against ISIL in Syria, as well as Iraq. This is a core principle of my presidency: if you threaten America, you will find no safe haven.

If they listen to the military people, we probably wouldn't be having an ISIS right now.

I think Barack Obama 'll talk about the actions that we've taken, not just since 9/11, but since Paris, to help keep the American people and American interests safe.

Got Bin Laden AND interrupted Celebrity Apprentice? Win for Obama all around.

We will kill bin Laden. We will crush al Qaeda. That has to be our biggest national security priority.