My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington.

Quote by Barack Obama

Topics: Presidency Quotes

In America, there's a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world.

In America, there's a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world.

Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that...

Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that...

We live in a culture that discourages empathy. A culture that too often tells us...

We live in a culture that discourages empathy. A culture that too often tells us...

Contrary to the claims of some of my critics and some of the editorial pages,...

Contrary to the claims of some of my critics and some of the editorial pages,...

My wife has been my closest friend, my closest advisor. And...she's not somebody who looks...

My wife has been my closest friend, my closest advisor. And...she's not somebody who looks...

On this solemn anniversary we join with their families and nations in honoring their memory.

On this solemn anniversary we join with their families and nations in honoring their memory.

I think when you spread the wealth around it's good for everybody.

I think when you spread the wealth around it's good for everybody.

Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed...

Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed...

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time....

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time....

Give schools the resources to keep good eachers on the job and reward the best...

Give schools the resources to keep good eachers on the job and reward the best...

We will stand against violence and intimidation. We will stand for the rights and dignity...

We will stand against violence and intimidation. We will stand for the rights and dignity...

Women should earn equal pay for equal work.

Women should earn equal pay for equal work.

I found this national debt, doubled, wrapped in a big bow waiting for me as...

I found this national debt, doubled, wrapped in a big bow waiting for me as...

Aasking a billionaire to pay at least as much as his secretary in taxes? Most...

Aasking a billionaire to pay at least as much as his secretary in taxes? Most...

I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I...

I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I...

We need earmark reform, and when I'm President, I will go line by line to...

We need earmark reform, and when I'm President, I will go line by line to...

The basic American promise that if you work hard, you could do well enough to...

The basic American promise that if you work hard, you could do well enough to...

We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national...

We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national...

Let me even say before I even get inaugurated, during the transition we are going...

Let me even say before I even get inaugurated, during the transition we are going...

I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we've struggled to keep the...

I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we've struggled to keep the...