--- title: "9 Hearing Quotes By Barack Obama" description: "9 Hearing quotes by Barack Obama. Plus more from Barack Obama and more Hearing sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cae/barack-obama-17_advertising_i-know-that-campaigns-can-seem-small-and_1792529.jpg" --- > [I know that campaigns can seem small, and even silly. Trivial things become big distractions. Serious issues become sound bites. And the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-know-that-campaigns-can-seem-small-and-even-silly-trivial-things/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cae/barack-obama-17_advertising_i-know-that-campaigns-can-seem-small-and_1792529.jpg) > [Unfortunately, you've grown up hearing voices that incessantly warn of government as nothing more than some separate, sinister entity that's at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/unfortunately-you-ve-grown-up-hearing-voices-that-incessantly-warn-of/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/038/barack-obama-17_around-the-corner_unfortunately-you-ve-grown-up-hearing-vo_559811.jpg) > [Most people who meet my wife quickly conclude that she is remarkable. They are right about this. She is smart, funny and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/most-people-who-meet-my-wife-quickly-conclude-that-she-is-remarkable/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/099/barack-obama-17_approach_most-people-who-meet-my-wife-quickly-con_549060.jpg) > [If fake news that's being released by some foreign government is almost identical to reports that are being issued through partisan news…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/if-fake-news-that-s-being-released-by-some-foreign-government-is/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c1/barack-obama-17_effects_if-fake-news-that-s-being-released-by-so_1095776.jpg) > [What you have is Mitt Romney running around the country saying 'Well, you know, my wife tells me that what women really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/what-you-have-is-mitt-romney-running-around-the-country-saying-well/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/324/barack-obama-17_care_what-you-have-is-mitt-romney-running-aro_539426.jpg) > [That is the true genius of America, a faith in the simple dreams of its people, the insistence on small miracles. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/that-is-the-true-genius-of-america-a-faith-in-the-simple-dreams-of-2/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/662/barack-obama-17_america_that-is-the-true-genius-of-america-a-fai_2358445.jpg) > [I think that there have been a number of public figures where you start hearing commentary that is dangerous because what it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-think-that-there-have-been-a-number-of-public-figures-where-you/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/914/barack-obama-17_americans_i-think-that-there-have-been-a-number-of_2446083.jpg) > [I'm inspired by the people I meet in my travels--hearing their stories, seeing the hardships they overcome, their fundamental optimism and decency.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-m-inspired-by-the-people-i-meet-in-my-travels-hearing-their-stories/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e91/barack-obama-17_better-man_i-m-inspired-by-the-people-i-meet-in-my_1382652.jpg) > [That is the true genius of America, a faith in the simple dreams of its people, the insistence on small miracles. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/that-is-the-true-genius-of-america-a-faith-in-the-simple-dreams-of/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e3/barack-obama-17_america_that-is-the-true-genius-of-america-a-fai_1052140.jpg) ## Other authors on Hearing ## 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/hearing/barack-obama/#itemlist", "name": "9 Hearing Quotes By Barack Obama", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I know that campaigns can seem small, and even silly. Trivial things become big distractions. Serious issues become sound bites. 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