--- title: "18 Left Quotes By Barack Obama" description: "18 Left quotes by Barack Obama. Plus more from Barack Obama and more Left sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3c/barack-obama-17_dumb_i-ve-now-been-in-57-states-i-think-one-l_2876186.jpg" --- > [I've now been in 57 states? I think one left to go?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-ve-now-been-in-57-states-i-think-one-left-to-go/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3c/barack-obama-17_dumb_i-ve-now-been-in-57-states-i-think-one-l_2876186.jpg) > [Ask Osama bin Laden and the 22-out-of-30 top al-Qaida leaders who've been taken off the field whether I engage in appeasement. Or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/ask-osama-bin-laden-and-the-22-out-of-30-top-al-qaida-leaders-who-ve/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/710/barack-obama-17_als_ask-osama-bin-laden-and-the-22-out-of-30_402491.jpg) > [Over the last 15 months, we've traveled to every corner of the United States. I've now been in 57 states? I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/over-the-last-15-months-we-ve-traveled-to-every-corner-of-the-united/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec8/barack-obama-17_left_over-the-last-15-months-we-ve-traveled-t_2585865.jpg) > [ Chancellor \[Angela\] Merkel is perhaps the only leader left among our closest allies that was there when I arrived. So in some… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/chancellor-angela-merkel-is-perhaps-the-only-leader-left-among-our/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f54/barack-obama-17_allies_chancellor-angela-merkel-is-perhaps-the_1643555.jpg) > [I am looking forward to getting out of the bubble. I am glad that I'm leaving this place at a relatively young…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-am-looking-forward-to-getting-out-of-the-bubble-i-am-glad-that-i-m/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/362/barack-obama-17_age_i-am-looking-forward-to-getting-out-of-t_1923983.jpg) > [There are dangers that globalization increases inequality. There are dangers that because capital is mobile and workers are not, if we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/there-are-dangers-that-globalization-increases-inequality-there-are/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/752/barack-obama-17_behinds_there-are-dangers-that-globalization-inc_125949.jpg) > [The Internet and Twitter and all these things are very powerful, but it also means sometimes that instead of having a dialogue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/the-internet-and-twitter-and-all-these-things-are-very-powerful-but/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8c/barack-obama-17_calling_the-internet-and-twitter-and-all-these-t_1943568.jpg) > [There's no question that a lot of Americans on both the right and the left are expressing some fears and frustrations about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/there-s-no-question-that-a-lot-of-americans-on-both-the-right-and-the/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/088/barack-obama-17_dislocation_there-s-no-question-that-a-lot-of-americ_2008525.jpg) > [In too many communities, too many young men of color are left behind and seen only as objects of fear. Through initiatives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/in-too-many-communities-too-many-young-men-of-color-are-left-behind/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6f/barack-obama-17_behind_in-too-many-communities-too-many-young-m_2875346.jpg) > [People are less certain of their national identities or their place in the world. It starts looking different and disorienting. And there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/people-are-less-certain-of-their-national-identities-or-their-place/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e58/barack-obama-17_certain_people-are-less-certain-of-their-nationa_21019.jpg) > [If the global economy is unresponsive to people who feel left behind, if inequality continues to grow, then we could end up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/if-the-global-economy-is-unresponsive-to-people-who-feel-left-behind/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfb/barack-obama-17_arise_if-the-global-economy-is-unresponsive-to_2396068.jpg) > [It's particularly important that we reach out to everybody in our countries, those who feel disaffected, those who feel left behind by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/it-s-particularly-important-that-we-reach-out-to-everybody-in-our/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fe/barack-obama-17_addresses_it-s-particularly-important-that-we-reac_2969126.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) > [I hope people appreciate Chancellor Merkel because, although she traditionally is considered center-right and I'm considered center-left, the truth is that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-hope-people-appreciate-chancellor-merkel-because-although-she/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/010/barack-obama-17_appreciate_i-hope-people-appreciate-chancellor-merk_1024889.jpg) > [We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths - that all of us are created equal - is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/we-the-people-declare-today-that-the-most-evident-of-truths-that-all-2/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d0/barack-obama-17_bounds_we-the-people-declare-today-that-the-mos_2090429.jpg) > [Isil poses a threat to the people of Iraq and Syria, and the broader Middle East - including American citizens, personnel and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/isil-poses-a-threat-to-the-people-of-iraq-and-syria-and-the-broader/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae9/barack-obama-17_american-citizens_isil-poses-a-threat-to-the-people-of-ira_1197047.jpg) > [If people, whether they are conservative or liberal, left or right, are unwilling to compromise and engage in the democratic process, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/if-people-whether-they-are-conservative-or-liberal-left-or-right-are/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ba/barack-obama-17_break_if-people-whether-they-are-conservative_1284266.jpg) > [From the first moment a woman dared to speak that hope - dared to believe that the American Dream was meant for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/from-the-first-moment-a-woman-dared-to-speak-that-hope-dared-to/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ac/barack-obama-17_american-dream_from-the-first-moment-a-woman-dared-to-s_811754.jpg) ## Other authors on Left ## 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/left/barack-obama/#itemlist", "name": "18 Left Quotes By Barack Obama", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've now been in 57 states? 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