Barack Obama Quotes

We have made great strides, but somehow we've got to create a climate so that everybody can do well, not just some.

In a good society, those in the middle and at the bottom ought to benefit significantly from economic growth. When the country prospers, everybody should prosper.

Of course we want prosperity, but we wish prosperity in such a way … so that everybody will get his share, and that it will not be confined to a few who monopolize the means of production or the means of transportation, and thus prevent that equality of distribution that we all like to see.

I'm going to fight as hard as I can to make sure people have the futures that they deserve here in America.

All we seek is an America where every person is given the chance to productively contribute to his country and where he can receive a fair and equitable share of the wealth that production creates.

That’s not the way to create wealth The way to create wealth is to be fair to everybody.

Every Man a King, Every Man a King; For you can be a millionaire; There's Something belonging to others; There's enough for all people to share.

Every man a king." Every man to eat when there is something to eat; all to wear something when there is something to wear. That makes us all sovereign.

This Government intends no injury to honest business. The processes we follow in seeking social justice do not, in adding to general prosperity, take from one and give to another. In this modern world, the spreading out of opportunity ought not to consist of robbing Peter to pay Paul. In other words, we are concerned with more than mere subtraction and addition. We are concerned with multiplication also -- multiplication of wealth through cooperative action, wealth in which all can share.

The economy must provide justice as well as prosperity.

Prosperity need not come at the expense of this country's proudest traditions as a beacon of justice.

Creating wealth is not an end in itself. It needs to be shared by all.

I do not want two classes of citizens in this country. I want everybody to prosper. That's going to be a top priority.

We need to have an economy that works for everybody, not just people on the top.

And finally, to all Canadians: Canada is a great country, one of the hopes of the world. We can be a better one – a country of greater equality, justice, and opportunity. We can build a prosperous economy and a society that shares its benefits more fairly. We can look after our seniors. We can offer better futures for our children. We can do our part to save the world's environment. We can restore our good name in the world.

This will be the day when we shall bring into full realization the dream of American democracy - a dream yet unfulfilled. A dream of equality of opportunity, of privilege and property widely distributed; a dream of a land where men will not take necessities from the many to give luxuries to the few.

Prosperity can't be just for CEOs and hedge fund managers. Democracy can't be just for billionaires and corporations. Prosperity and democracy are part of your basic bargain, too.

Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God's children.

Broad-based, inclusive growth is what we need in America, not more advantages for people at the very top.

Freedom and opportunity are precious gifts and the purpose of our politics is to expand them, for all our people.

We believe in the Australian promise; that if you work hard, you won't be left behind.

The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.

Since I became First Minister, I have made clear my priority to alleviate poverty and tackle inequality in Scotland. Ensuring that everyone can do better in life will not only make Scotland fairer, but it will also make it a more prosperous place.

What is the American dream? The American dream is one big tent. One big tent. And on that big tent you have four basic promises: equal protection under the law, equal opportunity, equal access, and fair share.