Barack Obama Quotes

Americans cannot afford to turn a blind eye to Russian interference in our democracy. We need to get to the facts and learn lessons to prevent future misconduct by foreign governments.

America's elections are the foundation of our democracy - so protecting them is a priority for the FBI and our partners.

We need to do everything in our power to assure the American people that the election system is secured and that outside forces will not interfere.

The interference of a foreign country in our elections is an assault on the government of the United States.

For years, America has helped protect against terrorist attacks by telling Americans, 'If you see something, say something.' The same should go for protecting our elections against foreign interference.

Election security is national security, and we have to start acting like it.

Any country needs to know that there are consequences when they get involved in our elections. And I think that's why it's good that the investigations are going on and we're analyzing and we're looking into all of that, and I think we need to manage it accordingly.

It is time to investigate Russian interference in our democracy and to address it in a manner that will help restore Americans' trust in their government.

I'm very concerned about the integrity of the vote and the ballot, and that's why we've got to secure our cyberdefenses.

Let's say we were a peacekeeping force in some small country that most people had never heard of. And we were there to host a peaceful election, and we then found out a bunch of stuff was hacked. We probably would push to have another election to make sure that would be fair.

We know for a fact the Russians tried to change the outcome of our election, attacking the very fundamental of democracy. We know they did that. We need to know how, we need to know why, and most of all we need to know what to do to prevent this kind of activity, which they continue to carry on in free nations around the world.

We need election systems that are free from fraud, discrimination, and partisan influence and that are more, not less, accessible to the citizens of this country.

Responsibility for overseeing the implementation of election law typically resides with partisan officials, many with public stakes in the election outcome.

Voters want to know that elections will be conducted fairly and accurately.

It is important that the Iraqi people have confidence in the election results and that the voting process, including the process for vote counting, is free and fair.

I'm insisting, quite unapologetically, on the need to have these appropriate security measures in place to protect the voters, which is my principal charge.

Can you imagine on-line voting. Even when your body has to show up, they manage to cheat somehow.

Elections should be prepared as well as possible and raise as little doubt as possible

We have confidence in the overall integrity of our electoral system. It is diverse, subject to local control, and has many checks and balances built in.

Thank God for paper ballots.

Despite the intelligence community's assessment that Russia interfered in our presidential election, President Donald Trump and Republican leadership seem wholly uninterested in examining how and why Russia targeted us - and what we must do to prevent it from happening again.

I am very confident that in 2008, people's votes will count. I don't think they did in 2004. I think in 2008, they will.

As an American, I repudiate Russia's or any other foreign government's attempt to interfere or meddle in our democratic process, and I would call on all Americans to do the same.

Our elections are too important to risk even the appearance of impropriety.

Yes, the United States deserves criticism for meddling in other elections, but that doesn't mean that we should give foreign nationals the opportunity to meddle in ours.