Barack Obama Money Quotations

I know that campaigns can seem small, and even silly. Trivial things become big distractions. Serious issues become sound bites. And the truth gets buried under an avalanche of money and advertising. If you're sick of hearing me approve this message, believe me - so am I.

The Internet didn't get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet. The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together.

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

I mean, I do think at a certain point you've made enough money.

You can choose a future where more Americans have the chance to gain the skills they need to compete, no matter how old they are or how much money they have. Education was the gateway to opportunity for me. It was the gateway for Michelle. And now more than ever, it is the gateway to a middle-class life.

We need earmark reform, and when I'm President, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely.

It should be the power of our vote, not the size of our bank accounts, that drives our democracy

You cannot deny that the influence of money and lobbying on this town has gotten progressively worse over the last several years.

It is very important to recognize that the money that we spend now will not be wasted even if this particular strain of the virus, H5N1, ends up not becoming a pandemic flu, ... We know that over the next two, three decades there will be a pandemic flu. That's almost certain.