Barack Obama Quotes
"In the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.""Our American dream is under siege because our government has been hijacked by special interests and used as a weapon against common citizens. The people must be sovereign.""We need to reject any politics that targets people because of race or religion. This isn’t a matter of political correctness. It’s a matter of understanding what makes us strong.""Hope is the bedrock of this nation. The belief that our destiny will not be written for us, but by us.""Our destiny is not written for us, but by us.""We need to steer clear of this poverty of ambition, where people want to drive fancy cars and wear nice clothes and live in fancy apartments but don’t want to work hard to accomplish these things.""I am not opposed to all wars. I’m opposed to dumb wars.""If we aren’t willing to pay a price for our values, then we should ask ourselves whether we truly believe in them at all.""The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won’t. It’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere.""Keep exploring, keep dreaming, keep asking why.""I believe in evolution, scientific inquiry, and global warming; I believe in free speech, whether politically correct or politically incorrect""Let’s disagree, but let’s be respectful""We don’t ask you to believe in our ability to bring change, rather, we ask you to believe in yours""We don’t turn back. We leave no one behind. We pull each other up""There is not a liberal America and a conservative America; there's the United States of America""Where you are right now doesn't have to determine where you'll end up""The audacity of hope""There's not a liberal America and a conservative America - there's the United States of America.""My identity might begin with the fact of my race, but it didn't, it couldn't end there. At least that's what I would choose to believe.""If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress."