--- title: "7 Luther Quotes By Barack Obama" description: "7 Luther quotes by Barack Obama. Plus more from Barack Obama and more Luther sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d8/barack-obama-17_action_i-can-think-about-what-mahatma-gandhi-sa_403206.jpg" --- > [ I can think about what \[Mahatma\] Gandhi said or \[Martin Luther\] King said about violence begetting violence, and still be true to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-can-think-about-what-mahatma-gandhi-said-or-martin-luther-king-said/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d8/barack-obama-17_action_i-can-think-about-what-mahatma-gandhi-sa_403206.jpg) > [Secularists are wrong when they ask believers to leave their religion at the door before entering into the public square. Frederick Douglass,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/secularists-are-wrong-when-they-ask-believers-to-leave-their-religion/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c2/barack-obama-17_abraham_secularists-are-wrong-when-they-ask-beli_774289.jpg) > [ I think that I'll always remember the bust of Dr. \[Martin Luther\] King. I thought having an American here who represented rhat… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-think-that-i-ll-always-remember-the-bust-of-dr-martin-luther-king-i/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e15/barack-obama-17_civics_i-think-that-i-ll-always-remember-the-bu_1041630.jpg) > [For me and Michelle, this visit has therefore held special meaning. Throughout my life, including my work as a young man on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/for-me-and-michelle-this-visit-has-therefore-held-special-meaning/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b6/barack-obama-17_behalf_for-me-and-michelle-this-visit-has-there_1462754.jpg) > [For me, Lincoln is like just a handful of people - a Gandhi, or a Picasso, or a Martin Luther King Jr.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/for-me-lincoln-is-like-just-a-handful-of-people-a-gandhi-or-a-picasso/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2df/barack-obama-17_capture_for-me-lincoln-is-like-just-a-handful-of_1864343.jpg) > [Rather take that moral sense and apply it to the particulars of a job that is going to test those ethical and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/rather-take-that-moral-sense-and-apply-it-to-the-particulars-of-a-job/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/516/barack-obama-17_american-people_rather-take-that-moral-sense-and-apply-i_2724899.jpg) > [I believe, in the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., that there is such a thing as being too late, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-believe-in-the-words-of-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-that-there-is-such/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e77/barack-obama-17_believe_i-believe-in-the-words-of-dr-martin-luth_2756214.jpg) ## Other authors on Luther ## 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/luther/barack-obama/#itemlist", "name": "7 Luther Quotes By Barack Obama", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I can think about what [Mahatma] Gandhi said or [Martin Luther] King said about violence begetting violence, and still be true to my job by asking myself the question whenever we're confronted with a situation where some may be arguing for military action: Will this actually result in America being safer, or the most lives being saved?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Barack Obama" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-can-think-about-what-mahatma-gandhi-said-or-martin-luther-king-said/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d8/barack-obama-17_action_i-can-think-about-what-mahatma-gandhi-sa_403206.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d8/barack-obama-17_action_i-can-think-about-what-mahatma-gandhi-sa_403206.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d8/barack-obama-17_action_i-can-think-about-what-mahatma-gandhi-sa_403206.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I can think about what [Mahatma] Gandhi said or [Martin Luther] King said about violence begetting violence…” — Barack Obama", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Secularists are wrong when they ask believers to leave their religion at the door before entering into the public square. 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