Barack Obama Quotes

For people to escape poverty for good, we need better policies that support work, strengthen families, and move America forward.

Bill Clinton has done more to help the middle class than any leader in decades.

A large part of crime is economics - if people are working and and have a home and family to support, then I believe you can reduce the crime rate.

I believe that conservative solutions can help families of every race, every economic background, and every town in Oklahoma.

Hispanics don't want more programs to make them comfortable in their poverty. What Hispanics really want is more opportunity: the freedom to work, leave poverty behind, and rise into the ranks of the middle class and beyond.

When it comes to expanding opportunity, businesses and young adults are not the sources of the problem - they are a substantial part of the solution.

Plain and simple, Congress must act to meet the needs of our constituents. We can do that by strengthening families, increasing the minimum wage, and ensuring equal pay for equal work.

Studies have consistently shown that financial hardship is the biggest obstacle to heterosexual marriage, yet the Republican leadership has done precious little to help address the financial hardship faced by American families.

I want to fight poverty and ignorance and give opportunity to those people who are locked out.

What I am proposing this year are not lofty concepts far removed form the daily struggle so of ordinary Georgians. They are proposals that directly effect the lives of the people we serve.

Poverty decreased in America as a result of the War on Poverty

No, Islam did not lift American blacks out of poverty; capitalism did that.

From the very beginning, I've talked about how we're going to strengthen the middle class in this country.

Most people recognize that to create jobs is really the essential element in their drive against poverty.

The nation's children, families, poor, workers, and senior citizens deserve more than lip service. They deserve more than outrage. They deserve real support, protection, and solid action.

When our economy is truly healthy, and everyone rises with the tide of prosperity, then issues such as the lack of affordable housing, homelessness, and hunger are greatly diminished.

Tax cuts that actually go to working-class, middle-class people, I'm not opposed to.

Today, families like the one I grew up in still believe in that American dream. But as President Obama says, it's a make-or-break moment for the middle class. Mitt Romney's plans would make things worse.

The first priority of any serious program against poverty is to strengthen the male role in poor families.

I am working hard to ensure that working families can continue to afford to live in our city.

Barack Obama knows that to create an economy built to last, we need to focus on middle-class families. Families who stay up on Sunday nights pacing the floor, like my dad did, while their children, tucked in bed, dream big dreams. Families who aren't sure what Monday morning will bring, but who believe our nation's best days are still ahead.

We are actually a very rich country with a lot of resources and the ability to do almost whatever we want. We could eliminate poverty in America by spending a fraction of what we spend on defense.

I have committed my life to helping the poor, and I believe that if more companies followed Wal-Mart's lead in providing opportunity and savings to those who need it most, more Americans battling poverty would realize the American dream.

We will invest in our people, quality education, job opportunity, family, neighborhood, and yes, a thing we call America.

Every Maryland family wants financial security, schools that work, quality healthcare, safer neighborhoods, and ever-expanding economic opportunity. These are the building blocks of a superior quality of life.