There is not a liberal America and a conservative America - there is the United States of America. There is not a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Grace Bell lived in Belhaven, North Carolina her entire life, all 100 years of her life. Just a few weeks ago Republicans… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Whatever success I have achieved, whatever positions of leadership I have held have depended less on Ivy League degrees or SAT scores… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I have 90 percent or 95 percent support in the African American community and it's not sort of "Well, he's black, so… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Just as black anger often proved counterproductive, so have these white resentments distracted attention from the real culprits of the middle class… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I believe we can keep the promise of our founders, the idea that if you're willing to work hard, it doesn't matter… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My father's voice had nevertheless remained untainted, inspiring, rebuking, granting or withholding approval. 'You do not work hard enough, Barry. You must… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The profound mistake of Reverend Wright's sermons is not that he spoke about racism in our society. It's that he spoke as… — 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
There's no black male my age, who's a professional, who hasn't come out of a restaurant and is waiting for their car… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
All of these different strands in me - the black, the white, the African - all of that has contributed directly to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It is my view that if society was doing the right thing with respect to you, [and there were] programs targeted at… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You could analyze me and say that my father leaving and being absent was a motivator for early ambition, trying to prove… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If we got there and we looked up and we said, "You know what? Black folks are still doing a little bit… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think it's important to realize that I was actually black before the election. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
These days, the House Republicans actually give John Boehner a harder time than they give me. Which means orange really is the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Winter came and the city [Chicago] turned monochrome -- black trees against gray sky above white earth. Night now fell in midafternoon,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I'm determined to disagree with people without being disagreeable. That's part of the empathy. Empathy doesn't just extend to cute little kids.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
That's just how white folks will do you. It wasn't merely the cruelty involved; I was learning that black people could be… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I learned to slip back and forth between my black and white worlds. One of those tricks I had learned: People were… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There is a big risk for the Republicans in a race, especially with Hillary Clinton as a likely Democratic nominee in a… — 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
There's no doubt that there's some folks who just really dislike me because they don't like the idea of a black president. — 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 Image
The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
The world is complicated and full of grays, but there's still truth there to be found. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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