--- title: "8 Department Quotes By Barack Obama" description: "8 Department quotes by Barack Obama. Plus more from Barack Obama and more Department sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f27/barack-obama-17_african-american_what-we-saw-was-that-the-ferguson-police_331195.jpg" --- > [What we saw was that the Ferguson Police Department in conjunction with the municipality saw traffic stops, arrests, tickets as a revenue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/what-we-saw-was-that-the-ferguson-police-department-in-conjunction/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f27/barack-obama-17_african-american_what-we-saw-was-that-the-ferguson-police_331195.jpg) > [Reinvigorating the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department, making sure that in our Department of Education, where we see evidence of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/reinvigorating-the-civil-rights-division-of-the-justice-department/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e99/barack-obama-17_absence_reinvigorating-the-civil-rights-division_504023.jpg) > [I would not have the Justice Department prosecuting and raiding medical marijuana users. It's not a good use of our resources.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-would-not-have-the-justice-department-prosecuting-and-raiding/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09d/barack-obama-17_department_i-would-not-have-the-justice-department_629076.jpg) > [There have been times where, let's say on LGBT issues, when we were trying to end Don't Ask, Don't Tell, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/there-have-been-times-where-let-s-say-on-lgbt-issues-when-we-were/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/586/barack-obama-17_administration_there-have-been-times-where-let-s-say-on_862373.jpg) > [Guaranteed, full stop, nobody gets treated differently when it comes to the Justice Department, because nobody is above the law.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/guaranteed-full-stop-nobody-gets-treated-differently-when-it-comes-to/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2dd/barack-obama-17_above-the-law_guaranteed-full-stop-nobody-gets-treated_1143621.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) > [I guarantee that there is no political influence in any investigation conducted by the Justice Department or the FBI, not just in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-guarantee-that-there-is-no-political-influence-in-any-investigation/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89d/barack-obama-17_cases_i-guarantee-that-there-is-no-political-i_1646031.jpg) > [There are gonna be elections coming up among our NATO allies that we have to pay attention to. I anticipate that this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/there-are-gonna-be-elections-coming-up-among-our-nato-allies-that-we/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/570/barack-obama-17_allies_there-are-gonna-be-elections-coming-up-a_2210452.jpg) ## Other authors on Department ## 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/department/barack-obama/#itemlist", "name": "8 Department Quotes By Barack Obama", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What we saw was that the Ferguson Police Department in conjunction with the municipality saw traffic stops, arrests, tickets as a revenue generator, as opposed to serving the community, and that it systematically was biased against African-Americans in that city who were stopped, harassed, mistreated, abused, called names, fined.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Barack Obama" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/what-we-saw-was-that-the-ferguson-police-department-in-conjunction/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f27/barack-obama-17_african-american_what-we-saw-was-that-the-ferguson-police_331195.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f27/barack-obama-17_african-american_what-we-saw-was-that-the-ferguson-police_331195.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f27/barack-obama-17_african-american_what-we-saw-was-that-the-ferguson-police_331195.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What we saw was that the Ferguson Police Department in conjunction with the municipality saw traffic stops…” — Barack Obama", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Reinvigorating the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department, making sure that in our Department of Education, where we see evidence of black boys being suspended at substantially higher rates than white boys for the same behavior, in the absence of that kind of rigorous enforcement of the nondiscrimination principle, then the long-standing biases that I believe have weakened, but are still clearly present in our society, assert themselves in ways that usually disadvantage African Americans.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Barack Obama" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/reinvigorating-the-civil-rights-division-of-the-justice-department/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e99/barack-obama-17_absence_reinvigorating-the-civil-rights-division_504023.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e99/barack-obama-17_absence_reinvigorating-the-civil-rights-division_504023.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e99/barack-obama-17_absence_reinvigorating-the-civil-rights-division_504023.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Reinvigorating the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department, making sure that in our Department of…” — Barack Obama", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I would not have the Justice Department prosecuting and raiding medical marijuana users. 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