--- title: "4 Ceo Quotes By Barack Obama" description: "4 Ceo quotes by Barack Obama. Plus more from Barack Obama and more Ceo sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ff/barack-obama-17_america_this-kind-of-inequality-a-level-we-haven_1114400.jpg" --- > [This kind of inequality - a level we haven't seen since the Great Depression - hurts us all. When middle-class families can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/this-kind-of-inequality-a-level-we-haven-t-seen-since-the-great/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ff/barack-obama-17_america_this-kind-of-inequality-a-level-we-haven_1114400.jpg) > [Let's also say that the Justice Department and the courts are making sure, as I've said in a speech before, that when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/let-s-also-say-that-the-justice-department-and-the-courts-are-making/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b8/barack-obama-17_african-american_let-s-also-say-that-the-justice-departme_1586807.jpg) > [America isn't Congress. America isn't Washington. America is the striving immigrant who starts a business, or the mom who works two low-wage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/america-isn-t-congress-america-isn-t-washington-america-is-the/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/623/barack-obama-17_america_america-isn-t-congress-america-isn-t-was_1627633.jpg) > [In five days, you can turn the page on policies that put greed and irresponsibility on Wall Street before the hard work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/in-five-days-you-can-turn-the-page-on-policies-that-put-greed-and/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61f/barack-obama-17_ceo_in-five-days-you-can-turn-the-page-on-po_2762034.jpg) ## Other authors on Ceo - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-ben-horowitz-16970.jpg) Ben Horowitz 15 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ceo/ben-horowitz/) - 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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/ceo/barack-obama/#itemlist", "name": "4 Ceo Quotes By Barack Obama", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "This kind of inequality - a level we haven't seen since the Great Depression - hurts us all. 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