--- title: "19 Higher Quotes By Barack Obama" description: "19 Higher quotes by Barack Obama. Plus more from Barack Obama and more Higher sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8b/barack-obama-17_belief_i-believe-that-there-are-many-paths-to-t_1040827.jpg" --- > [I believe that there are many paths to the same place, and that is a belief that there is a higher power,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-believe-that-there-are-many-paths-to-the-same-place-and-that-is-a/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8b/barack-obama-17_belief_i-believe-that-there-are-many-paths-to-t_1040827.jpg) > [My finely honed political instincts tell me that almost nobody believes that they should be paying higher taxes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/my-finely-honed-political-instincts-tell-me-that-almost-nobody/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8c/barack-obama-17_believe_my-finely-honed-political-instincts-tell_2352349.jpg) > [It is easy to get to a higher number when you are not asking anything difficult from yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/it-is-easy-to-get-to-a-higher-number-when-you-are-not-asking-anything/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ad/barack-obama-17_asking_it-is-easy-to-get-to-a-higher-number-whe_653648.jpg) > [Higher education cannot be a luxury reserved just for a privileged few. It is an economic necessity for every family. And every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/higher-education-cannot-be-a-luxury-reserved-just-for-a-privileged/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e93/barack-obama-17_able_higher-education-cannot-be-a-luxury-rese_874214.jpg) > [We're up against the conventional thinking that says your ability to lead as president comes from longevity in Washington or proximity to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/we-re-up-against-the-conventional-thinking-that-says-your-ability-to/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f8/barack-obama-17_ability_we-re-up-against-the-conventional-thinki_435727.jpg) > [Our higher education system is one of the things that makes America exceptional. There's no place else that has the assets we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/our-higher-education-system-is-one-of-the-things-that-makes-america/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80d/barack-obama-17_a-good-thing_our-higher-education-system-is-one-of-th_2073829.jpg) > [I want to reform the tax code so that it's simple, fair, and asks the wealthiest households to pay higher taxes on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-want-to-reform-the-tax-code-so-that-it-s-simple-fair-and-asks-the/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e2/barack-obama-17_asks_i-want-to-reform-the-tax-code-so-that-it_2384421.jpg) > [The United States does not have a monopoly on crazy people. It's not the only country that has psychosis. And yet we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/the-united-states-does-not-have-a-monopoly-on-crazy-people-it-s-not/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37d/barack-obama-17_ammunition_the-united-states-does-not-have-a-monopo_294323.jpg) > [Higher minimum wages, full-employment programs, early-childhood education: Those kinds of programs are, by design, universal, but by definition, because they are helping…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/higher-minimum-wages-full-employment-programs-early-childhood/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41a/barack-obama-17_african-american_higher-minimum-wages-full-employment-pro_2361947.jpg) > [Race is still a powerful force in this country. Any African American candidate, or any Latino candidate, or Asian candidate or woman…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/race-is-still-a-powerful-force-in-this-country-any-african-american/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e57/barack-obama-17_african-american_race-is-still-a-powerful-force-in-this-c_1834393.jpg) > [Jesus is an historical figure for me, and he's also a bridge between God and man, in the Christian faith, and one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/jesus-is-an-historical-figure-for-me-and-he-s-also-a-bridge-between/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/584/barack-obama-17_bridges_jesus-is-an-historical-figure-for-me-and_877646.jpg) > [I think that we've had an economy that's been out of balance for too long. So the general principle of raising taxes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-think-that-we-ve-had-an-economy-that-s-been-out-of-balance-for-too/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30c/barack-obama-17_balance_i-think-that-we-ve-had-an-economy-that-s_1055935.jpg) > [Americans have always pursued our dreams within a free market that has been the engine of our progress. It's a market that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/americans-have-always-pursued-our-dreams-within-a-free-market-that/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f51/barack-obama-17_america_americans-have-always-pursued-our-dreams_2153149.jpg) > [I remember when I was in Chicago and data started coming out that when black folks walk into an auto dealership, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-remember-when-i-was-in-chicago-and-data-started-coming-out-that/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02d/barack-obama-17_black_i-remember-when-i-was-in-chicago-and-dat_996816.jpg) > [Let's say hypothetically, knowing what we know now about public policy, that we could close the education gap so that it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/let-s-say-hypothetically-knowing-what-we-know-now-about-public-policy/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68b/barack-obama-17_african-american_let-s-say-hypothetically-knowing-what-we_1485424.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 didn't become a Christian until many years later, when I moved to the South Side of Chicago after college. It happened…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-didn-t-become-a-christian-until-many-years-later-when-i-moved-to/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/584/barack-obama-17_chicago_i-didn-t-become-a-christian-until-many-y_109441.jpg) > [ \[A\] family with two kids that earns the minimum wage still lives below the poverty line. That's wrong. That's why, since the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/a-family-with-two-kids-that-earns-the-minimum-wage-still-lives-below/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/002/barack-obama-17_bumps_a-family-with-two-kids-that-earns-the-mi_2983577.jpg) > [Just from a political perspective, do you think the president of the United States going into re-election wants gas prices to go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/just-from-a-political-perspective-do-you-think-the-president-of-the/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3db/barack-obama-17_bottom_just-from-a-political-perspective-do-you_1972726.jpg) ## Other authors on Higher ## 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/higher/barack-obama/#itemlist", "name": "19 Higher Quotes By Barack Obama", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I believe that there are many paths to the same place, and that is a belief that there is a higher power, a belief that we are connected as a people.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Barack Obama" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-believe-that-there-are-many-paths-to-the-same-place-and-that-is-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8b/barack-obama-17_belief_i-believe-that-there-are-many-paths-to-t_1040827.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8b/barack-obama-17_belief_i-believe-that-there-are-many-paths-to-t_1040827.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8b/barack-obama-17_belief_i-believe-that-there-are-many-paths-to-t_1040827.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I believe that there are many paths to the same place, and that is a belief that there is a higher power, a…” — Barack Obama", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My finely honed political instincts tell me that almost nobody believes that they should be paying higher taxes.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Barack Obama" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/my-finely-honed-political-instincts-tell-me-that-almost-nobody/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8c/barack-obama-17_believe_my-finely-honed-political-instincts-tell_2352349.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8c/barack-obama-17_believe_my-finely-honed-political-instincts-tell_2352349.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8c/barack-obama-17_believe_my-finely-honed-political-instincts-tell_2352349.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My finely honed political instincts tell me that almost nobody believes that they should be paying higher…” — Barack Obama", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is easy to get to a higher number when you are not asking anything difficult from yourself.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Barack Obama" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/it-is-easy-to-get-to-a-higher-number-when-you-are-not-asking-anything/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ad/barack-obama-17_asking_it-is-easy-to-get-to-a-higher-number-whe_653648.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ad/barack-obama-17_asking_it-is-easy-to-get-to-a-higher-number-whe_653648.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ad/barack-obama-17_asking_it-is-easy-to-get-to-a-higher-number-whe_653648.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is easy to get to a higher number when you are not asking anything difficult from yourself.” — Barack Obama", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Higher education cannot be a luxury reserved just for a privileged few. 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