Zitate von Barack Obama

Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference.

Wenn du den richtigen Weg gehst und bereit bist weiter zu machen, wirst du auf jeden Fall weiter kommen.

If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.

BP ist verantwortlich für dieses Leck. BP wird die Rechnung bezahlen.

BP will pay for the impact this spill has had on the region.

Die Welt hat sich verändert. Und deshalb müssen auch wir uns ändern.

For the world has changed, and we must change with it.

Die Zukunft belohnt diejenigen, die weitermachen. Ich habe keine Zeit, mich selbst zu bemitleiden. Ich habe keine Zeit, mich zu beschweren. Ich werde weitermachen.

The future rewards those who press on. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I'm going to press on.

Lasst uns wenigstens den Weltuntergang verhindern. Es ist fünf vor zwölf, und wir haben nicht mehr viel Zeit.

Wahlen allein machen noch keine Demokratie.

Veränderung wird nicht kommen, wenn wir auf eine andere Person oder auf einen andere Zeit warten. Wir sind die, auf die wir gewartet haben. Wir sind die Veränderung, nach der wir suchen.

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

Dear Mr. President -

Congratulations on a remarkable run. Millions have placed their hopes in you, and all of us, regardless of party, should hope for expanded prosperity and security during your tenure.

This is a unique office, without a clear blueprint for success, so I don't know that any advice from me will be particularly helpful. Still, let me offer a few reflections from the past 8 years.

First, we've both been blessed, in different ways, with great good fortune. Not everyone is so lucky. It's up to us to do everything we can (to) build more ladders of success for every child and family that's willing to work hard.

Second, American leadership in this world really is indispensable. It's up to us, through action and example, to sustain the international order that's expanded steadily since the end of the Cold War, and upon which our own wealth and safety depend.

Third, we are just temporary occupants of this office. That makes us guardians of those democratic institutions and traditions -- like rule of law, separation of powers, equal protection and civil liberties -- that our forebears fought and bled for. Regardless of the push and pull of daily politics, it's up to us to leave those instruments of our democracy at least as strong as we found them.

And finally, take time, in the rush of events and responsibilities, for friends and family. They'll get you through the inevitable rough patches.

Michelle and I wish you and Melania the very best as you embark on this great adventure, and know that we stand ready to help in any ways which we can. Good luck and Godspeed, BO

What we’ve said to the girls is, ‘If you guys ever decided you're going to get a tattoo, then mommy and me will get the exact same tattoo in the same place. And we'll go on YouTube and show it off as a family tattoo.'

Zach Galifianakis: 'What is it like to be the last black president?'
Barack Obama: 'Seriously? What's it like for this to be the last time, you'll ever talk to a president?'

From a child of the East to the leader of a free and united Germany. As I've said, Angela [Merkel] and I don't exactly look like previous German and American leaders. But the fact that we can stand here today, along the front-line where this city was divided, speaks to an eternal truth.

So congratulations, again, to the Miami Heat. And now we are going to take a picture that makes me look very short.

Wenn du fällst ist der wahre Test, ob du die Schwarzmaler ignorieren, aufstehen und gestärkt zurück kommen kannst.

When you fall, the real test is whether you can ignore the naysayers, pick yourself up and come back stronger.

Einige von ihnen waren vor ein paar Jahren hier für ein kleines Spiel an meinem Geburtstag. Ich will Ihnen nicht sämtliches Ansehen dafür klauen, Coach, aber ich glaube, dass das Spiel gegen mich sie darauf vorbereitet hat, gegen Kevin Durant und Russell Westbrook zu spielen. Es hat ihr Talent geschärft. Es hat ihnen die richtige Einstellung gegeben. Und ich glaube, das sie wieder hier sind liegt daran, dass sie es noch einmal mit dem alten Kerl aufnehmen wollen.

A few of them were here a couple of years ago for a pickup game on my birthday. Now, I’m not trying to take all the credit, Coach, but I think that it’s clear that going up against me prepared them to take on Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook. It sharpened their skills. It gave them the competitive edge that they needed. And I think part of the reason they came back today is they want another shot at the old guy.

We are true to our creed when a little girl born into the bleakest poverty knows that she has the same chance to succeed as anybody else, because she is an American, she is free, and she is equal, not just in the eyes of God but also in our own.

My fellow Americans, we are made for this moment, and we will seize it - so long as we seize it together.

Through blood drawn by lash and blood drawn by sword, we learned that no union founded on the principles of liberty and equality could survive half-slave and half-free.

For history tells us that while these truths may be self-evident, they have never been self-executing; that while freedom is a gift from God, it must be secured by His people here on Earth.

Elmo, you better make a run for it, Governor Romney is going to let Wall Street run wild again, but he's going to bring the hammer down on Sesame Street.

Malia and Sasha, we are so proud of you. And yes, you do have to go to school in the morning!

We believe that a little girl who’s offered an escape from poverty by a great teacher or a grant for college could become the next Steve Jobs.

What's at stake are not Democratic values or Republican values, but American values. We have to reclaim them.

Think about the America within our reach:
A country that leads the world in educating its people.
An America that attracts a new generation of high-tech manufacturing and high-paying jobs.
A future where we're in control of our own energy, and our security and prosperity aren't so tied to unstable parts of the world.
An economy built to last, where hard work pays off, and responsibility is rewarded.

Zum ersten mal seit neun Jahren, kämpfen keine Amerikaner im Irak.

For the first time in nine years, there are no Americans fighting in Iraq.

We just made history. All of this happened because you gave your time, talent and passion. All of this happened because of you. Thanks

Tonight, I am announcing that the American combat mission in Iraq has ended.

For the region, today's events prove once more, that the rule of an iron fist inevitably comes to an end.

This marks the end of a long and painful chapter for the people of Libya, who now have the opportunity, to determine their own destiny in a new and democratic Libya.

Man könnte sagen, dass es keinen größeren Tribut an Steves Erfolg gibt, als die Tatsache, dass ein Großteil der Welt über ein Gerät, dass er erfunden hat, von seinem Tod erfährt.

And there may be no greater tribute to Steve's success than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented.

Die Welt hat einen Visionär verloren.

The world has lost a visionary.

We remember the Americans who put country above self, and set personal grievances aside for the greater good. We remember the Americans who held this country together during its most difficult hours; who put aside pride and party to form a more perfect union.

How can we ask a student to pay more for college before we ask hedge fund managers to stop paying taxes at a lower rate than their secretaries? How can we slash funding for education and clean energy before we ask people like me to give up tax breaks we don't need and didn't ask for?

Lasst uns wenigstens den Weltuntergang verhindern. Es ist fünf vor zwölf, und wir haben nicht mehr viel Zeit.

Es hat lange gedauert, aber heute Nacht, durch das, was wir heute bei dieser Wahl getan haben, in diesem entscheidenden Moment, ist der Wandel nach Amerika gekommen.

Its been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America.

Amerika kann das nicht alleine machen.

America can't do this alone.

Schaut nach Berlin, wo Deutsche und Amerikaner gelernt haben, zusammen zu arbeiten und sich zu vertrauen, weniger als drei Jahre nachdem sie sich im Kampf gegenüberstanden.

Look at Berlin, where Germans and Americans learned to work together and trust each other less than three years after facing each other on the field of battle.

Yes, we can.

What I always say is that Hip-Hop is not just a mirror of what is. It should also be a reflection of what can be.

Even in the NBA Finals, J.J. Barea inspired all of us with those drives to the hoop.

And on nights like this one, we can say to those families who have lost loved ones to al Qaeda's terror: Justice has been done.

On that day, no matter where we came from, what god we prayed to, or what race or ethnicity we were, we were united as one American family.

Einige Nationen sind vielleicht in der Lage, vor Gräueltaten in anderen Staaten die Augen zu verschließen.

Völker der Welt - schaut auf Berlin, wo eine Mauer fiel, ein Kontinent sich vereinigte und der Lauf der Geschichte bewies, dass keine Herausforderung zu groß ist für eine Welt, die zusammensteht.

People of the world - look at Berlin, where a wall came down, a continent came together, and history proved that there is no challenge too great for a world that stands as one.

The thing about hip-hop today is it's smart, it's insightful. The way they can communicate a complex message in a very short space is remarkable.

Ein Mann zeichnet sich nicht durch die Fähigkeit aus, ein Kind zu zeugen, sondern durch den Mut es aufzuziehen.

What makes you a man is not the ability to have a child - it's the courage to raise one.

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

And I will do everything that I can as long as I am President of the United States to remind the American people that we are one nation under God, and we may call that God different names but we remain one nation.

Al Qaeda is still a threat. We cannot pretend somehow that because Barack Hussein Obama got elected as president, suddenly everything is going to be OK.

A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say, 'Huh. It works. It makes sense.'