Barack Obama

American politician

Lived from: 1961-

Category: Politics

Quotes: Barack Obama

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  A woman who is denied an education is denied equality.

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  But let's remember that we're all part of one American family. We are united in common values, and that includes belief in equality under the law; a basic respect for public order and the right to peaceful public protest.

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  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.

  Source: An American story: the speeches of Barack Obama: a primer

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  Contrary to the claims of some of my critics and some of the editorial pages, I am an ardent believer in the free market.

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  Democracy cannot be imposed on any nation from the outside. Each society must search for its own path, and no path is perfect.

  Source: V.N. 23 sept 2009

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  Hope is that thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us if we have the courage to reach for it and to work for it and to fight for it.

  Source: Iowa Caucus Speech (3 jan 2008)

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  I am reminded every day of my life, if not by events, then by my wife, that I am not a perfect man.

  Source: Speech (1 June 2008)

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  I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.

  Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Barack Obama, 2009, Book 1, Government Printing Office, 2011 p. 761

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  I don’t know anybody who is pro-abortion.

  Source: Speech Benedectine University, oktober 2004

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  I think same sex couples should be able to get married.

  Source: Interview ABC News, 09-05-2012

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

  Source: 12-10-2008

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  I'm the president of the United States, I'm not the emperor of the United States.

  Source: Google Hangout 15-02-2013

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  In Africa, you often see that the difference between a village where everybody eats and a village where people starve is government. One has a functioning government, and the other does not. Which is why it bothers me when I hear people say that government is the enemy. They don't understand its fundamental role.

  Source: Independent Magazine (March 2007)

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  In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?

  Source: Speech DNC, 2004

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  It is easier to start wars than to end them. It is easier to blame others than to look inward; to see what is different about someone than to find the things we share. But we should choose the right path, not just the easy path.

  Source: Speech Cairo, 04-06-2009

About Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th President of the United States from 2009 to 2017. The first African American to assume the presidency, he was previously the junior United States Senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008. He served in the Illinois State Senate from 1997 until 2004.

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