One of the gratifying things, I think, about the end of my presidency even though admittedly my successor ran against a lot of what we stood for, is when you look at the individual issues and the progress that we've made on a lot of those issues, we got the support of a pretty decent majority.
We've been able to build up the Afghan security forces and stabilize it.
[Afghanistan and Iraq] are still countries that are fragile enough that we're gonna have to partner with them in some way.
[The Democrats] have got to do a better job of showing up.
Sustaining the energy and focus involved in doing a good job I think starts to gets tougher the longer you do it.
That's part of what I tried to describe to my team and supporters after the election, there was a lot of disappointment.
What I've said to [my team] is, "Look, we ran our leg of the race and we did a darn good job."
There's no straight line to progress.
I've been talking about things like reversing the rise of inequality and strengthening social mobility,since before it was cool.
He [Barack Obama] might have a pen, and he might have a phone, but what he does not have is the constitutional power to run this country like a dictator.
People take pride in being Irish-American and Italian-American. They have a particular culture that infuses the whole culture and makes it richer and more interesting. I think if we can expand that attitude to embrace African-Americans and Latino-Americans and Asian-Americans, then we will be in a position where all our kids can feel comfortable with the worlds they are coming out of, knowing they are part of something larger.
Write anything you want because we'll never be heard from again.
My particular passion for Lincoln dates back from my earliest memories of politics.
I'm named Barack Hussein Obama. I'm African-American.
There are things I cannot say.
I want to make sure that we, as a nation, stay unified because that's how we're going to achieve our missions.
Every president who has tried to bring about big changes I think elicits the most passionate responses.
The Russians don't make determinations about what our defense posture is.
My question would be whether there is active persecution of atheists.
If it's on Facebook, it all looks the same.
In fact, the American people did decide, back in 2012, when they elected me president of the United States.
The Cuban people must know that they have a friend and partner in the United States of America.
I think I was able to talk to people about values in ways that people - in ways that resonated with folks.
As part of the coalition against ISIL, we are putting that terrorist network under tremendous pressure.
Go back to - my first campaign for the United States Senate. I got a bunch of people now talking about inequality. But back then they sure weren't. Back then, folks were saying I was preaching class warfare. Now it's suddenly their campaign platform.
