Let us now praise Barack Obama.

I can't imagine that I would be asked that by the president-elect [Donald Trump], or then-president [Barack Obama]. But it's - I'm very clear.…

— James Mattis

We know the candidate Barack Obama, what he was like - the anti-war government nig... America was a source for division around the world,…

— Rick Santorum

We're in more wars today under Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton than under George W. Bush or Ronald Reagan. Yet they tell you that…

— Rush Limbaugh

I can tell you who's planning terroris attacks. The leaders of ISIL. And I can tell you where they're at. They're in Raqqa, Syria.…

— Rand Paul

The president [Barack Obama] asked for a commitment of, I think, 100,000 jobs for veterans and military spouses over the next couple of years.…

— Michelle Obama

The big story today, Barack Obama was accused of insulting Sarah Palin when he criticized Republican policies by saying, you can put lipstick on…

— Conan O'Brien

I think the president's [Barack Obama] position has been very clear on Syria. He wants more aggressive, he's put the Special Ops on the…

— Juan Williams

It cannot be an American fight. And I think what the president [Barack Obama] has consistently said - which I agree with - is…

— Hillary Clinton

It doesn't matter to me where Barack Obama goes. If he wants to go to Hawaii because it's his home state, fine! Hunky-dory. Plastic…

— Rush Limbaugh

It wasn't [Barack] Obama per se; it was the feeling on the ground; it was seeing an old black woman in a wheelchair being…

— Bill Ayers

I don't think that we really know a whole lot about Barack Obama at all that you would really call distinctive.

— John H. McWhorter

Just like Barack Obama, my views on gay marriage have evolved, and now I am a reluctant groom.

— Edmund White

I think President Barack Obama has been an extraordinarily successful president, and that this period will record that with a bunch of exclamation points.…

— Cass Sunstein

The archives recall not one single incriminating incident, not one drunken escapade, not one reported affair, not one spat with a team-mate or reporter…

— Michael Atherton

In public, Barack Obama's giving the simple version of his beliefs for the mass public. In private, he can discuss it at a really…

— Jonathan Chait