Political Quotes

On the recordApril 22, 2010
When women are able to live up to their full potential it can both empower women, but also unleash the potential of communities and economic opportunity in many different parts of the world.
Said by
Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Press Briefing on the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship by Senior Administration Officials

Share & report

More from Barack Obama

Aug 20, 2025

I think that approach is a smart, measured approach, designed to address a very particular problem in a very particular moment in time.

nypost.com
Oct 16, 2025

Virginia's elections are some of the most important in the country this year.

nbcnews.com
Nov 5, 2025

We don’t need to speculate about the dangers to our democracy. We don’t need to wonder about whether vulnerable people are going to be hurt, or ask ourselves how much more coarse and mean our culture can become. We’ve witnessed it…

latimes.com
Nov 7, 2025

The essence of Prop. 50 is to say that if you are going to play that game, then we are going to try to counteract that abuse of the system.

slate.com

Other voices in this conversation