--- title: "17 Obama Came Quotes by 17 authors" description: "Browse 17 Obama Came quotes by 17 authors. Discover the best Obama Came sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/457/ezra-koenig-13607_about_when-obama-came-to-power-there-was-a-lot_2638191.png" --- > [When Obama came to power, there was a lot of talk about a post-racial America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-koenig/when-obama-came-to-power-there-was-a-lot-of-talk-about-a-post-racial/) [Ezra Koenig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-koenig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/457/ezra-koenig-13607_about_when-obama-came-to-power-there-was-a-lot_2638191.png) > [When President Obama first came into office in 2009, I spent a fair amount of time in Michigan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-deese/when-president-obama-first-came-into-office-in-2009-i-spent-a-fair/) [Brian Deese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-deese/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/754/brian-deese-12534_came_when-president-obama-first-came-into-off_19585.jpg) > [ I think people need to remember what the situation was when President \[Barack\] Obama came into office. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/i-think-people-need-to-remember-what-the-situation-was-when-president/) [Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c00/hillary-clinton-51_barack_i-think-people-need-to-remember-what-the_627053.jpg) > [Obama came in and gave $700 billion to the bankers off the top as opposed to giving $700 billion to the poor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupe-fiasco/obama-came-in-and-gave-700-billion-to-the-bankers-off-the-top-as/) [Lupe Fiasco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupe-fiasco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bf/lupe-fiasco-1146_bankers_obama-came-in-and-gave-700-billion-to-th_2190406.png) > [President Obama came into office in '08 with the belief that - and the public's belief in him - that he was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-m-daley/president-obama-came-into-office-in-08-with-the-belief-that-and-the/) [William M. Daley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-m-daley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c1/william-m-daley-11647_belief_president-obama-came-into-office-in-08-w_2249321.png) > [President Obama came up with tremendous ideas, but he was blocked by the Republicans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-pelosi/president-obama-came-up-with-tremendous-ideas-but-he-was-blocked-by/) [Nancy Pelosi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-pelosi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afe/nancy-pelosi-1267_blocked_president-obama-came-up-with-tremendous_2269642.png) > [President Obama came to visit me in the hospital. He said, 'I wish you were still in the Senate; I need your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-dole/president-obama-came-to-visit-me-in-the-hospital-he-said-i-wish-you/) [Bob Dole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-dole/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4a/bob-dole-8280_certain_president-obama-came-to-visit-me-in-the_720356.jpg) > [Is anyone really surprised by the fact that President Obama came out of the closet for gay marriage? What was most surprising…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bristol-palin/is-anyone-really-surprised-by-the-fact-that-president-obama-came-out/) [Bristol Palin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bristol-palin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c82/bristol-palin-17670_gay-marriage_is-anyone-really-surprised-by-the-fact-t_3169628.jpg) > [It's worth remembering George W. Bush, Barack Obama also came in thinking they had the magic key to better, warmer relations with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rich-lowry/it-s-worth-remembering-george-w-bush-barack-obama-also-came-in/) [Rich Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rich-lowry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/821/rich-lowry-12149_barack_it-s-worth-remembering-george-w-bush-bar_2984496.png) > [Obama came to power with this element of raising many new hopes and expectations but he's been fought back by the system,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilberto-gil/obama-came-to-power-with-this-element-of-raising-many-new-hopes-and/) [Gilberto Gil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilberto-gil/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ef/gilberto-gil-36299_becoming_obama-came-to-power-with-this-element-of_2274582.jpg) > [By the time Obama came into office, Washington had already agreed over a period of a few weeks to a $700 billion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-podhoretz/by-the-time-obama-came-into-office-washington-had-already-agreed-over/) [John Podhoretz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-podhoretz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e42/john-podhoretz-4983_agreed_by-the-time-obama-came-into-office-washi_468249.jpg) > [Since the global economic crisis began, the change in global attitudes is clear to see - and I think it is pitiful.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/since-the-global-economic-crisis-began-the-change-in-global-attitudes/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ee/ai-weiwei-824_attitudes_since-the-global-economic-crisis-began-t_651979.png) > [What disappoints me about Obama is that, when he came into office, he gave the impression he was going to reduce America's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mearsheimer/what-disappoints-me-about-obama-is-that-when-he-came-into-office-he/) [John Mearsheimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mearsheimer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28c/john-mearsheimer-3817_america_what-disappoints-me-about-obama-is-that_251715.jpg) > [Barack Obama came into office in the midst of an economic crisis and yet, shortly into his first term, Republicans suddenly rediscovered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neera-tanden/barack-obama-came-into-office-in-the-midst-of-an-economic-crisis-and/) [Neera Tanden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neera-tanden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdf/neera-tanden-4361_barack-obama_barack-obama-came-into-office-in-the-mid_625134.jpg) > [Receiving the president of the United States in your restaurant is a big thing. Obama came three times. There's a sense of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-boulud/receiving-the-president-of-the-united-states-in-your-restaurant-is-a/) [Daniel Boulud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-boulud/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22b/daniel-boulud-8526_accepting_receiving-the-president-of-the-united-st_2906170.png) > [Obama came in and said he was going turn everything around, and you can't. Give the guy a break. But I question…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-rivers/obama-came-in-and-said-he-was-going-turn-everything-around-and-you/) [Joan Rivers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-rivers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2de/joan-rivers-669_break_obama-came-in-and-said-he-was-going-turn_2097068.png) > [I think President Barack Obama came to office with quite fundamental understandings in his mind about what's possible and what's not possible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vali-nasr/i-think-president-barack-obama-came-to-office-with-quite-fundamental/) [Vali Nasr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vali-nasr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d0/vali-nasr-53327_barack_i-think-president-barack-obama-came-to-o_544905.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/obama-came/#itemlist", "name": "Obama Came Quotes", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, 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Bush, Barack Obama also came in thinking they had the magic key to better, warmer relations with Russia; those efforts ended in tears.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rich Lowry" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rich-lowry/it-s-worth-remembering-george-w-bush-barack-obama-also-came-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/821/rich-lowry-12149_barack_it-s-worth-remembering-george-w-bush-bar_2984496.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/821/rich-lowry-12149_barack_it-s-worth-remembering-george-w-bush-bar_2984496.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/821/rich-lowry-12149_barack_it-s-worth-remembering-george-w-bush-bar_2984496.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's worth remembering George W. 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