In our household, the Bible, the Koran and the Bhagavad Gita sat on the shelf alongside books of Greek and Norse and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It was into my father's image, the black man, son of Africa, that I'd packed all the attributes I sought in myself,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Hope - Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty. The audacity of hope! — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Those opposed to abortion cannot simply invoke God's will-they have to explain why abortion violates some principle that is accessible to people… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In many ways [those middle-aged black ladies] my touchstone, because they are what I meant when I talked about the audacity of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
On Easter or Christmas Day, my mother might drag me to church, just as she dragged me to the Buddhist temple, the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In the wake of 9/11, my meetings with Arab and Pakistani Americans, for example, have a more urgent quality, for the stories… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
From Obama's book, "The Audacity of Hope:" "I am not willing to have the state deny American citizens a civil union that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
So here's what I want you to know, and here's what I want all our men and women in uniform to know: Because of… — Barack Obama Copy Share
As opposed to getting into arguments about, well, these folks have been treated fairly so now we're going to be doing things that, very… — Barack Obama Copy Share
What we've said to the girls is: 'If you guys ever decide that you're going to get a tattoo, then mommy and me will… — Barack Obama Copy Share
All of us take offense to anyone who reaps the rewards of living in America without taking on the responsibilities of living in America.… — Barack Obama Copy Share
The world is complicated and full of grays, but there's still truth there to be found. — Barack Obama Copy Share
That is another theme in the book [Dreams from My Father]. How do we exercise more empathy in our public discourse? How do we… — Barack Obama Copy Share
I can say across Europe that many principles that have been taken for granted here around free speech, and around civil liberties and an… — Barack Obama Copy Share
So Americans understand the costs of war. Yet as a country, we will never tolerate our security being threatened, nor stand idly by when… — Barack Obama Copy Share
I want to thank the Greek people publicly for their humanitarian response to the crisis of so many migrants and refugees seeking safety in… — Barack Obama Copy Share
We had a farewell dinner for some of my senior staff, and generally everybody likes to talk about how cool I was. — Barack Obama Copy Share
It's good to get fresh legs in [the White house]. I think that it refreshes our democracy. — Barack Obama Copy Share
Believe it or not, entertainment is part of our American diplomacy, it is part of what makes us exceptional, part of what makes us… — Barack Obama Copy Share
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