--- title: "3 Baltimore Quotes By Barack Obama" description: "3 Baltimore quotes by Barack Obama. Plus more from Barack Obama and more Baltimore sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/349/barack-obama-17_appalachia_it-s-not-enough-to-celebrate-the-ideals_259403.jpg" --- > [It's not enough to celebrate the ideals that we're built on, liberty and justice and equality for all. Those just can't be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/it-s-not-enough-to-celebrate-the-ideals-that-we-re-built-on-liberty/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/349/barack-obama-17_appalachia_it-s-not-enough-to-celebrate-the-ideals_259403.jpg) > [Justice needs to be served, what I think people of Baltimore want more than anything else is the truth. That's what people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/justice-needs-to-be-served-what-i-think-people-of-baltimore-want-more/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c4/barack-obama-17_baltimore_justice-needs-to-be-served-what-i-think_1200860.jpg) > [The kind of violence, looting, destruction that we saw from a handful of individuals in Baltimore, there's no excuse for that. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/the-kind-of-violence-looting-destruction-that-we-saw-from-a-handful/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3f/barack-obama-17_activism_the-kind-of-violence-looting-destruction_1691944.jpg) ## Other authors on Baltimore - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-john-waters-52475.jpg) John Waters 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baltimore/john-waters/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-gervonta-davis-6711.jpg) Gervonta Davis 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baltimore/gervonta-davis/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-simon-27966.jpg) David Simon 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baltimore/david-simon/) - [JPEGMAFIA 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baltimore/jpegmafia/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-ed-reed-31307.jpg) Ed Reed 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baltimore/ed-reed/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-deray-mckesson-4626.jpg) DeRay Mckesson 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baltimore/deray-mckesson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-al-sharpton-10185.jpg) Al Sharpton 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baltimore/al-sharpton/) ## More by Barack Obama > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/so-here-s-what-i-want-you-to-know-and-here-s-what-i-want-all-our-men/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/the-peaceful-transition-of-power-is-one-of-the-hallmarks-of-our/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/as-opposed-to-getting-into-arguments-about-well-these-folks-have-been/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [Donald Trump is temperamentally unfit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/donald-trump-is-temperamentally-unfit/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/what-we-ve-said-to-the-girls-is-if-you-guys-ever-decide-that-you-re/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [Nobody is listening to your telephone calls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/nobody-is-listening-to-your-telephone-calls/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [All of us take offense to anyone who reaps the rewards of living in America without taking on the responsibilities of living in America.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/all-of-us-take-offense-to-anyone-who-reaps-the-rewards-of-living-in/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [The world is complicated and full of grays, but there's still truth there to be found.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/the-world-is-complicated-and-full-of-grays-but-there-s-still-truth/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [ That is another theme in the book \[Dreams from My Father\]. How do we exercise more empathy in our public discourse? How do we… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/that-is-another-theme-in-the-book-dreams-from-my-father-how-do-we/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [I can say across Europe that many principles that have been taken for granted here around free speech, and around civil liberties and an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-can-say-across-europe-that-many-principles-that-have-been-taken-for/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [So Americans understand the costs of war. Yet as a country, we will never tolerate our security being threatened, nor stand idly by when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/so-americans-understand-the-costs-of-war-yet-as-a-country-we-will/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [I want to thank the Greek people publicly for their humanitarian response to the crisis of so many migrants and refugees seeking safety in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-want-to-thank-the-greek-people-publicly-for-their-humanitarian/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [We had a farewell dinner for some of my senior staff, and generally everybody likes to talk about how cool I was.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/we-had-a-farewell-dinner-for-some-of-my-senior-staff-and-generally/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [ It's good to get fresh legs in \[the White house\]. I think that it refreshes our democracy. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/it-s-good-to-get-fresh-legs-in-the-white-house-i-think-that-it/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [Believe it or not, entertainment is part of our American diplomacy, it is part of what makes us exceptional, part of what makes us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/believe-it-or-not-entertainment-is-part-of-our-american-diplomacy-it/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baltimore/barack-obama/#itemlist", "name": "3 Baltimore Quotes By Barack Obama", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's not enough to celebrate the ideals that we're built on, liberty and justice and equality for all. Those just can't be words on paper, the work of every generation is to make those words mean something, concrete in the lives of our children. And we won't get there as long as kids in Baltimore or Ferguson or New York or Appalachia or the Mississippi delta or the Pine Ridge reservation believe that their lives are somehow worthless.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Barack Obama" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/it-s-not-enough-to-celebrate-the-ideals-that-we-re-built-on-liberty/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/349/barack-obama-17_appalachia_it-s-not-enough-to-celebrate-the-ideals_259403.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/349/barack-obama-17_appalachia_it-s-not-enough-to-celebrate-the-ideals_259403.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/349/barack-obama-17_appalachia_it-s-not-enough-to-celebrate-the-ideals_259403.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's not enough to celebrate the ideals that we're built on, liberty and justice and equality for all. Those…” — Barack Obama", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Justice needs to be served, what I think people of Baltimore want more than anything else is the truth. That's what people around the country expect.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Barack Obama" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/justice-needs-to-be-served-what-i-think-people-of-baltimore-want-more/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c4/barack-obama-17_baltimore_justice-needs-to-be-served-what-i-think_1200860.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c4/barack-obama-17_baltimore_justice-needs-to-be-served-what-i-think_1200860.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c4/barack-obama-17_baltimore_justice-needs-to-be-served-what-i-think_1200860.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Justice needs to be served, what I think people of Baltimore want more than anything else is the truth…” — Barack Obama", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The kind of violence, looting, destruction that we saw from a handful of individuals in Baltimore, there's no excuse for that. That's not a statement. That's not politics. That's not activism. That's just criminal behavior.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Barack Obama" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/the-kind-of-violence-looting-destruction-that-we-saw-from-a-handful/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3f/barack-obama-17_activism_the-kind-of-violence-looting-destruction_1691944.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3f/barack-obama-17_activism_the-kind-of-violence-looting-destruction_1691944.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3f/barack-obama-17_activism_the-kind-of-violence-looting-destruction_1691944.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The kind of violence, looting, destruction that we saw from a handful of individuals in Baltimore, there's…” — Barack Obama", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baltimore/barack-obama/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baltimore/barack-obama/", "name": "Baltimore Quotes by Barack Obama", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baltimore/barack-obama/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/349/barack-obama-17_appalachia_it-s-not-enough-to-celebrate-the-ideals_259403.jpg" }, "description": "3 Baltimore quotes by Barack Obama. Plus more from Barack Obama and more Baltimore sayings from other authors.", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baltimore/barack-obama/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baltimore/barack-obama/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Topics", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Baltimore", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baltimore/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "name": "Barack Obama", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baltimore/barack-obama/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```