--- title: "11 Obama Good Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 Obama Good quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Obama Good sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cc/jessica-tarlov-6366_back_anyone-who-is-good-enough-for-barack-oba_174960.jpg" --- > [Anyone who is good enough for Barack Obama to back is good enough for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-tarlov/anyone-who-is-good-enough-for-barack-obama-to-back-is-good-enough-for/) [Jessica Tarlov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-tarlov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cc/jessica-tarlov-6366_back_anyone-who-is-good-enough-for-barack-oba_174960.jpg) > [Barack Obama was a good president, and hopefully, Donald Trump is a good president.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/floyd-mayweather-jr/barack-obama-was-a-good-president-and-hopefully-donald-trump-is-a/) [Floyd Mayweather, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/floyd-mayweather-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fed/floyd-mayweather-jr-1949_barack-obama_barack-obama-was-a-good-president-and-ho_2784950.png) > [One thing Barack Obama is: He's a good campaigner. He's a terrible president.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-trump/one-thing-barack-obama-is-he-s-a-good-campaigner-he-s-a-terrible/) [Donald Trump](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-trump/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b74/donald-trump-18_barack_one-thing-barack-obama-is-he-s-a-good-ca_1231997.jpg) > [I think President Barack Obama has been a good president.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lewis/i-think-president-barack-obama-has-been-a-good-president/) [John Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aaa/john-lewis-1310_barack-obama_i-think-president-barack-obama-has-been_782972.jpg) > [ If we believe \[Obama\] to be a good man who would never kill noncombatants in a cafe in Houston, sitting out in… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rand-paul/if-we-believe-obama-to-be-a-good-man-who-would-never-kill/) [Rand Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rand-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aaf/rand-paul-606_believe_if-we-believe-obama-to-be-a-good-man-who_951999.jpg) > [There is a growing sense among Americans outside the Beltway that while President Obama may be a good talker, he is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-troia-mcfarland/there-is-a-growing-sense-among-americans-outside-the-beltway-that/) [Kathleen Troia McFarland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-troia-mcfarland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eda/kathleen-troia-mcfarland-19299_american_there-is-a-growing-sense-among-americans_2870973.jpg) > [Obama is a very good actor. He knows how to play it. And he is very adept at creating this ''Obama'' -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-voight/obama-is-a-very-good-actor-he-knows-how-to-play-it-and-he-is-very/) [Jon Voight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-voight/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0f/jon-voight-14088_actor_obama-is-a-very-good-actor-he-knows-how_51366.png) > [George W. Bush was a very bad president. The Iraq war was a big mistake. The U.S.A. needed a political change. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-rich/george-w-bush-was-a-very-bad-president-the-iraq-war-was-a-big-mistake/) [Marc Rich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-rich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/258/marc-rich-54092_barack_george-w-bush-was-a-very-bad-president-t_1256215.jpg) > [ \[Barack Obama\] done some good things, he's done a couple of bad things. He's obsessed with this all of the above energy… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-mckibben/barack-obama-done-some-good-things-he-s-done-a-couple-of-bad-things/) [Bill McKibben](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-mckibben/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b7/bill-mckibben-1057_bad-thing_barack-obama-done-some-good-things-he-s_875022.jpg) > [One thing I had hoped Barack Obama would be is a good cheerleader for the country. He's really brought the opposite in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-trump/one-thing-i-had-hoped-barack-obama-would-be-is-a-good-cheerleader-for/) [Donald Trump](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-trump/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4d/donald-trump-18_barack_one-thing-i-had-hoped-barack-obama-would_267826.jpg) > [I believed that President Obama was a good choice a couple of years ago because I felt that, as a black man,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tavis-smiley/i-believed-that-president-obama-was-a-good-choice-a-couple-of-years/) [Tavis Smiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tavis-smiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc4/tavis-smiley-7372_believe_i-believed-that-president-obama-was-a-go_677563.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/obama-good/#itemlist", "name": "Obama Good Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Anyone who is good enough for Barack Obama to back is good enough for me.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jessica Tarlov" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-tarlov/anyone-who-is-good-enough-for-barack-obama-to-back-is-good-enough-for/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cc/jessica-tarlov-6366_back_anyone-who-is-good-enough-for-barack-oba_174960.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cc/jessica-tarlov-6366_back_anyone-who-is-good-enough-for-barack-oba_174960.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cc/jessica-tarlov-6366_back_anyone-who-is-good-enough-for-barack-oba_174960.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Anyone who is good enough for Barack Obama to back is good enough for me.” — Jessica Tarlov", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Barack Obama was a good president, and hopefully, Donald Trump is a good president.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Floyd Mayweather, Jr" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/floyd-mayweather-jr/barack-obama-was-a-good-president-and-hopefully-donald-trump-is-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fed/floyd-mayweather-jr-1949_barack-obama_barack-obama-was-a-good-president-and-ho_2784950.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fed/floyd-mayweather-jr-1949_barack-obama_barack-obama-was-a-good-president-and-ho_2784950.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fed/floyd-mayweather-jr-1949_barack-obama_barack-obama-was-a-good-president-and-ho_2784950.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Barack Obama was a good president, and hopefully, Donald Trump is a good president.” — Floyd Mayweather, Jr", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "One thing Barack Obama is: He's a good campaigner. 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