Quotes from Barack Obama

This is the moment when we must build on the wealth that open markets have created, and share its benefits more equitably. Trade has been a cornerstone of our growth and global development. But we will not be able to sustain this growth if it favors the few, and not the many.

I know that there are millions of Americans who are content with their health care coverage - they like their plan and, most importantly, they value their relationship with their doctor.

We do not benefit from a relationship with China or any other country in which we put our values and our ideals aside.

The United States and Saudi Arabia have an extraordinary relationship and friendship that dates back to Franklin Roosevelt and King Faisal.

We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus, and nonbelievers.

I'm a big believer in tolerance. I think that religion at it's best comes with a big dose of doubt.

We have Jews, Muslims, Hindus, atheists, agnostics, Buddhists, and their own path to grace is one that we have to revere and respect as much as our own

This is American leadership at its best: We stand with people who fight for their own freedom, and we rally other nations on behalf of our common security and common humanity.

Sanctions alone could not stop Iran's nuclear program. But they did help bring Iran to the negotiating table.

The problem is that, over time, big pieces of business that have to get done without leadership from Washington, don't get done.

America is a nation of immigrants. And so the question is, how do we make legal immigration faster, less bureaucratic, cut the red tape?

The thing I know for sure is that at the end of my life, what I'm going to remember is the love I felt for my family and my friends, and whatever good I did for other people.