Barack Obama

These young people behind me are proof that a little love, a little support allows them to achieve anything they can dream, anything they can conceive.

I want you to know you matter.

We shouldn't expect that we're going to solve these problems overnight, but we've got proof about what happens when you just give folks a little love and you act on that love.

The Festival of Lights is also a reminder of how Isaiah saw the Jewish people, as a light unto the nations.

The only way we live up to America's promise is if we value every single child, not just our own, and invest in every single child as if they're our own.

We knew this couldn't just be a Government initiative.

Proudly practicing our religion, whatever it might be, and defending the rights of others to do the same—that's our common creed.

Ensuring that our young people can go as far as their dreams and hard work will take them is the single most important task that we have as a nation.

The story of Hanukkah, the story of the Jewish people, the story of perseverance—these are one and the same.

We can't wait for government to do it for us.

I believe that the United States of America should be the country that ends cancer once and for all.

So today I could not be prouder that this legislation takes up the charge I laid down in my budget to provide $1 billion in funding so that Americans who want treatment can get started on the path to recovery and don't have to drive 6…

Take all steps, in concert with allies and partners, to deescalate the violence.

This precious experiment in self-government only works when we have selfless citizens like you.

Federal employees are finding innovative ways to ensure Americans have the foundation and opportunities they need to build a strong economic life.

This legislation is going to combat the heroin and prescription opioid epidemic that is ravaging too many families across the country.

Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, it means they have access to some of the services that are needed.

A member of the federal team recruited technical expertise from the Department of Energy to help Detroit's new Public Lighting Authority consider long-term alternatives to replacing the outdated, broken lights.

The United States congratulates Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni of Italy and the new Italian Government on their swearing-in.

It has been my privilege to call you my colleagues.

With technical assistance from Federal employees and federal funding from across multiple agencies, a formerly vacant building on Main Street was renovated to create the Williamson Health and Wellness Center.

The British and French are our closest and most effective partners in bringing pressure against terrorist groups that would threaten Western interests.

To continue helping the families of the victims find some of the truth and justice they deserve, I can announce that the U.S. Government will declassify even more documents from that period including, for the first time, military and…

The United States strongly condemns the terrorist attack outside of Mogadishu, Somalia.

This heinous attack targeting Christian worshipers as they gathered to practice their faith demonstrates once again the need for the international community to remain resolute in confronting acts of terrorism across the globe.