Barack Obama Quotes

I think that to the extent that we focus on problems where we can build a moral and a political consensus, then I think that we move the country forward and when we are divided and our politics is focused on dividing, then I think we're less successful, not just from the perspective of the Democratic Party or the Republican Party but from the perspective of the nation as a whole.

I can unite the people of Israel, so I won't speak about controversial issues, which divide the people.

We aren't as divided as we think we are. We're not just Republicans sitting in one corner, and Democrats sitting in the other corner.

Religion should be a bridge to unite us and not a wedge to divide us politically.

This country is being killed by people who try to break us down, tear us down and make us little when we have to be big.

When your country is in dire straits, it doesn't matter whether you're a social democrat or not.

Where people are trying to split Americans from each other I want there desperately to be bipartisanship.

You just cannot cut a country in two any more than you can cut a human being in two. If you do, you do not have two human beings; you have a corpse.

Mitt Romney is talking about the fact that Republicans and Democrats alike have to find common ground to address very real challenges we face as a country. It's a message that's uplifting, it's optimistic. It's about how America can be great again. I think that's the right closing message and I think frankly it's what we need to do as a country after this election regardless of what happens.

It's an interesting place to begin where the country is completely divided into choosing sides, when the only side everyone should be choosing is the side of America, and then politicians essentially should be arguing about the best way to serve America.

As a politician, I worked very, very hard in order to maintain the unity of our country. That was my aim.

Although I voted Remain, I have desperately wanted the Government, in which I have been proud to serve, to make a success of Brexit: to reunite our country, our party and, yes, my family too.

In a deeply divided country we must either work together to get the best deal we can - and this needs compromise - or accept that Brexit cannot be implemented and think again about what we are doing.

We need to combat Trump's agenda to make sure he can't divide our families.

I will do everything in my power to keep the United Kingdom united.

The E.U. Referendum clearly divided us, and little has been done by those that lead us to bring us back together.

We can bring people together in an era rife with partisanship and divide.

The truth is that searching for our commonality instead of our differences could transform our dysfunctional politics.

We're not in the business of putting up barriers; that's the job of politicians. They're the idiots who want to build walls between people.

To those who would divide us or drive us to the extremes of either political party, I remind you that Maryland has been called 'a state of middle temperament.' Our politics need that middle temperament as well.

When your goal is to bring together the country in a substantive way to say that we're united by values and more - that are - you know, stronger than the things that divide us. That could be a moment.

Let us put an end to self-inflicted wounds. Let us remember that our national unity is a most priceless asset. Let us deny our adversaries the satisfaction of using Vietnam to pit Americans against Americans.

We are going to have to do some real soul searching as a country and try to bring America together, because it is divided.

I would never want to pass a law limiting freedom of speech, but that doesn't mean we have to condone statements that undermine basic national unity and respect. Imagine being asked to defend a country where some citizens say the man in the White House isn't their president. Or a major presidential contender accuses the commander in chief of not even being a U.S. citizen. Those kinds of statements erode trust in our democracy, and it's up to both parties to publicly reject them. We have to restore confidence that we are a nation that loves and believes in itself.

People are coming together - Democrats, Republicans, Independents - all of us to reject hate and division.