--- title: "18 Divided Quotes By Barack Obama" description: "18 Divided quotes by Barack Obama. Plus more from Barack Obama and more Divided sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c3/barack-obama-17_divided_when-i-came-into-office-the-world-was-di_2569324.jpg" --- > [When I came into office the world was divided. Iran was resurgent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/when-i-came-into-office-the-world-was-divided-iran-was-resurgent/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c3/barack-obama-17_divided_when-i-came-into-office-the-world-was-di_2569324.jpg) > [We can seize this future together because we are not as divided as our politics suggests.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/we-can-seize-this-future-together-because-we-are-not-as-divided-as/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51f/barack-obama-17_divided_we-can-seize-this-future-together-becaus_224187.jpg) > [Our goal is to have a country that's not divided by race.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/our-goal-is-to-have-a-country-that-s-not-divided-by-race/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef4/barack-obama-17_country_our-goal-is-to-have-a-country-that-s-not_518443.jpg) > [In the past, there have been a range of treaties that divided Congress and every administration was able to get them through.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/in-the-past-there-have-been-a-range-of-treaties-that-divided-congress/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ee/barack-obama-17_able_in-the-past-there-have-been-a-range-of-t_2073260.jpg) > [The truth is that America has been closely divided politically for quite some time. That was reflected in some of the challenges…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/the-truth-is-that-america-has-been-closely-divided-politically-for/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0a/barack-obama-17_america_the-truth-is-that-america-has-been-close_3150760.jpg) > [Our vulnerability to Russia or any other foreign power is directly related to how divided, partisan, dysfunctional our political process is. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/our-vulnerability-to-russia-or-any-other-foreign-power-is-directly/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cc/barack-obama-17_divided_our-vulnerability-to-russia-or-any-other_3096643.jpg) > [There is nothing wrong with our country, there is something wrong with our politics...When this country is operating off a common ground,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/there-is-nothing-wrong-with-our-country-there-is-something-wrong-with/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31f/barack-obama-17_common_there-is-nothing-wrong-with-our-country_2577520.jpg) > [In my heart I know you didn't come here just for me, you came here because you believe in what this country…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/in-my-heart-i-know-you-didn-t-come-here-just-for-me-you-came-here/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/970/barack-obama-17_believe_in-my-heart-i-know-you-didn-t-come-here_2693311.jpg) > [One of the things I think the next president has to do is to stop fanning people's fears. If we spend all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/one-of-the-things-i-think-the-next-president-has-to-do-is-to-stop/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a2/barack-obama-17_american-people_one-of-the-things-i-think-the-next-presi_1399293.jpg) > [When I came into office, the world was divided. Iran was resurgent. Iran is at its weakest point, economically, strategically, militarily, then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/when-i-came-into-office-the-world-was-divided-iran-was-resurgent-iran/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdc/barack-obama-17_america_when-i-came-into-office-the-world-was-di_486992.jpg) > [We will remember that we are not as divided as our politics suggests; that we are one people; we are one nation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/we-will-remember-that-we-are-not-as-divided-as-our-politics-suggests/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c1/barack-obama-17_brotherhood_we-will-remember-that-we-are-not-as-divi_1069283.jpg) > [If you look at sort of how politics has divided itself here in this country, the big divide right now is between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/if-you-look-at-sort-of-how-politics-has-divided-itself-here-in-this/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b17/barack-obama-17_areas_if-you-look-at-sort-of-how-politics-has_87091.jpg) > [In a summer marked by instability in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, I know the world also took notice of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/in-a-summer-marked-by-instability-in-the-middle-east-and-eastern/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ef/barack-obama-17_american_in-a-summer-marked-by-instability-in-the_198005.jpg) > [ I believe we can seize this future together, because we are not as divided as our politics suggests. \[...\] We are greater… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-believe-we-can-seize-this-future-together-because-we-are-not-as/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b53/barack-obama-17_ambition_i-believe-we-can-seize-this-future-toget_67255.jpg) > [What is true, and I think that we can't deny it, is that some of the same concerns about globalization, about technology,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/what-is-true-and-i-think-that-we-can-t-deny-it-is-that-some-of-the/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/822/barack-obama-17_able_what-is-true-and-i-think-that-we-can-t-d_2552428.jpg) > [Our goal is to have a country that's not divided by race. And my impression, as I travel around the country, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/our-goal-is-to-have-a-country-that-s-not-divided-by-race-and-my/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/897/barack-obama-17_american-people_our-goal-is-to-have-a-country-that-s-not_2723696.jpg) > [I think that to the extent that we focus on problems where we can build a moral and a political consensus, then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-think-that-to-the-extent-that-we-focus-on-problems-where-we-can/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1a/barack-obama-17_consensus_i-think-that-to-the-extent-that-we-focus_524328.jpg) > [E.U. need to be nurtured and cultivated and protected and fought for because the achievements that we've seen on this continent, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/e-u-need-to-be-nurtured-and-cultivated-and-protected-and-fought-for/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/346/barack-obama-17_achievement_e-u-need-to-be-nurtured-and-cultivated-a_1501647.jpg) ## Other authors on Divided ## 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/divided/barack-obama/#itemlist", "name": "18 Divided Quotes By Barack Obama", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I came into office the world was divided. 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