Barack Obama

It helps direct us in terms of what this country has been and what it can be in the future.

I think Shakespeare continues to be a touchstone.

Sports has a way, sometimes, of changing hearts in a way that politics or business doesn't.

I'm not sure yet. I'll have to see when I start writing the next book.

But even I was not crazy enough to suggest that during these 8 years we would see the Cubs win the World Series.

I think that four years is OK. Eight years would be a problem. I would be concerned about a sustained period in which some of these norms have broken down and started to corrode.

We can't take our democracy for granted.

All of us, regardless of party, should throw ourselves into the work of citizenship.

It falls on each of us to be guardians of our democracy.

I am even more optimistic about our country's promise.

It has been the honor of my life to serve you as President.

The situation in Libya continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States.

I declared a national emergency pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of convenience and comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Nothing in this memorandum shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect the authority granted by law to an agency, or the head thereof;

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, 5 U.S.C. 3345, et seq. (the 'Act'), it is hereby ordered that: Section 1…

The actions and policies addressed in these Executive Orders continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States.

Religious freedom is a principle based not on shared ancestry, culture, ethnicity, or faith but on a shared commitment to liberty—and it lies at the very heart of who we are as Americans.

I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13660.

I issued Executive Order 13692, declaring a national emergency with respect to the situation in Venezuela.

The Secretary of State shall provide to the President a report on whether the Government of Sudan has sustained the positive actions that gave rise to this order.

I hereby order: sections 1 and 2 of Executive Order 13067 are revoked.

Religious liberty is more than a cornerstone of American life—it is a universal and inalienable right.

These actions and policies continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the United States.

I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13288.