Barack Obama Sent Quotations

As president, I'm committed to making Washington work better and rebuilding the trust of the people who sent us here.

It's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.

America thrived in the 20th century because we made high school free. We sent a generation to college. We cultivated the most educated workforce in the world.

Now, as a nation, we don't promise equal outcomes, but we were founded on the idea everybody should have an equal opportunity to succeed. No matter who you are, what you look like, where you come from, you can make it. That's an essential promise of America. Where you start should not determine where you end up.

A thorough, multifaceted nonproliferation strategy is essential to fully defend the American people. We urge you to keep these critical initiatives foremost in importance and funding allocation.