Barack Obama

It was the call of workers who organized; women who reached for the ballot; a president who chose the moon as our new frontier; and a king who took us to the mountain top and pointed the way to the promised land. Yes we can!

Barack Obama

It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, the minimum wage, family leave, health insurance, social security, medicare, retirement plans. The cornerstones of the middle-class security all bear the union label.

Barack Obama

It’s been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America.

Barack Obama

It’s important to make sure that governments have some checks on what they do, that people can oversee what’s being done so the government doesn’t abuse it.

Barack Obama

It’s important to make sure that we’re talking with each other in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds.

Barack Obama

It’s important to recognize that you can’t have 100 percent security and also then have 100 percent privacy and zero inconvenience.

Barack Obama

It’s in the misery of some unnamed slum that the next killer virus will emerge.

Barack Obama

It’s not a nice-to-have – it’s a must-have. It’s time we stop treating child care as a side issue, or a women’s issue, and treat it like the national economic priority that it is for all of us.

Barack Obama

It’s not enough to train today’s workforce. We also have to prepare tomorrow’s workforce by guaranteeing every child access to a world-class education.

Barack Obama

It’s not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.

Barack Obama