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title: "27 Obama Presidency Quotes by 27 authors"
description: "Browse 27 Obama Presidency quotes by 27 authors. Discover the best Obama Presidency sayings and thoughts."
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> [The Left is deeply invested in Obama's presidency; they believe he's too important, symbolically, to fail.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-oshinsky/the-left-is-deeply-invested-in-obama-s-presidency-they-believe-he-s/)

[David Oshinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-oshinsky/)

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> [Obama's presidency hasn't been dedicated to achieving economic growth in the short term, or about creating jobs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-podhoretz/obama-s-presidency-hasn-t-been-dedicated-to-achieving-economic-growth/)

[John Podhoretz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-podhoretz/)

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> [The Obama presidency has two great missions: fixing the economy, and preventing Iran from gaining nuclear weapons.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-netanyahu/the-obama-presidency-has-two-great-missions-fixing-the-economy-and/)

[Benjamin Netanyahu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-netanyahu/)

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> [One of the best moments of the Obama presidency was the passage of the Affordable Care Act.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-schneider/one-of-the-best-moments-of-the-obama-presidency-was-the-passage-of/)

[Brad Schneider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-schneider/)

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> [Clearly, the Obama presidency hasn't wiped out racial prejudices.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-fournier/clearly-the-obama-presidency-hasn-t-wiped-out-racial-prejudices/)

[Ron Fournier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-fournier/)

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> [Healthcare in the U.S. remains a dire mess, and the Obama presidency, unfortunately, didn't really address that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-garrow/healthcare-in-the-u-s-remains-a-dire-mess-and-the-obama-presidency/)

[David Garrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-garrow/)

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> [The Republicans' response to Obama confused a lot of people. I really think there's been a measure of clarity at the end,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-chait/the-republicans-response-to-obama-confused-a-lot-of-people-i-really/)

[Jonathan Chait](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-chait/)

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> [I think the tragedy of Barack Obama's presidency is that although a lot of people around the world really admire Barack Obama…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-beinart/i-think-the-tragedy-of-barack-obama-s-presidency-is-that-although-a/)

[Peter Beinart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-beinart/)

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> [ We're seeing point to something that's happened over the last eight years during the \[Barack\] Obama presidency, and that is the Democratic… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-kornacki/we-re-seeing-point-to-something-that-s-happened-over-the-last-eight/)

[Steve Kornacki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-kornacki/)

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> [The job market improved impressively under Barack Obama's presidency after the Great Recession, when millions of jobs vanished seemingly overnight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-moore/the-job-market-improved-impressively-under-barack-obama-s-presidency/)

[Stephen Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-moore/)

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> [ \[A\]n Obama presidency would be an amusing approximation of the Carter administration, complete with vaporous moralizing and foreign policy bungling. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emmett-tyrrell/a-n-obama-presidency-would-be-an-amusing-approximation-of-the-carter/)

[Emmett Tyrrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emmett-tyrrell/)

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> [An engaging, blow-by-blow account of the infancy of the Obama presidency. . . . Manna for political junkies. . . . Thoroughly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlo-wolff/an-engaging-blow-by-blow-account-of-the-infancy-of-the-obama/)

[Carlo Wolff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlo-wolff/)

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> [When historians look at the Obama presidency, they're likely to credit him especially for doing the politically unpopular things that were needed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ignatius/when-historians-look-at-the-obama-presidency-they-re-likely-to-credit/)

[David Ignatius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ignatius/)

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> [Clearly, I think that there have been racial problems in America for a long time. I still think that, particularly during the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marty-walsh/clearly-i-think-that-there-have-been-racial-problems-in-america-for-a/)

[Marty Walsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marty-walsh/)

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> [The evidence of our divided racial self was all over the Obama presidency from the beginning: from the shouts of 'you lie'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-reid/the-evidence-of-our-divided-racial-self-was-all-over-the-obama/)

[Joy Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-reid/)

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> [In 2010, voters certainly hit the brakes on the Obama presidency. Fast forward to the 2016 election, where voters yanked up on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristen-soltis-anderson/in-2010-voters-certainly-hit-the-brakes-on-the-obama-presidency-fast/)

[Kristen Soltis Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristen-soltis-anderson/)

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> [The symbolic power of Barack Obama's presidency - that whiteness was no longer strong enough to prevent peons taking up residence in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ta-nehisi-coates/the-symbolic-power-of-barack-obama-s-presidency-that-whiteness-was-no/)

[Ta-Nehisi Coates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ta-nehisi-coates/)

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> [The Grand Old Party's abiding affection for a 'bigger and better' presidency isn't entirely logical. After all, the Obama presidency commenced with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amity-shlaes/the-grand-old-party-s-abiding-affection-for-a-bigger-and-better/)

[Amity Shlaes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amity-shlaes/)

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> [Through the potent example of his own life, President Obama enabled us to believe the best about America, and, therefore, about ourselves.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-p-schneider/through-the-potent-example-of-his-own-life-president-obama-enabled-us/)

[Cynthia P. Schneider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-p-schneider/)

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> [We look a little bit disorderly, indecisive, leaderless. That's a real problem, and that's a problem that concerns me particularly on foreign…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zbigniew-brzezinski/we-look-a-little-bit-disorderly-indecisive-leaderless-that-s-a-real/)

[Zbigniew Brzezinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zbigniew-brzezinski/)

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> [This is a column collection, or as one colleague called it, "history in real time," recounting my perspective on the highs and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julianne-malveaux/this-is-a-column-collection-or-as-one-colleague-called-it-history-in/)

[Julianne Malveaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julianne-malveaux/)

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> [We didn't make much progress on the country's agenda. And in my view it's because the Senate basically hadn't done much of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-mcconnell/we-didn-t-make-much-progress-on-the-country-s-agenda-and-in-my-view/)

[Mitch McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-mcconnell/)

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> [One day we will look back and realize that the Barack Obama Presidency was the biggest fraud ever perpetrated on the American…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/one-day-we-will-look-back-and-realize-that-the-barack-obama/)

[Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/)

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> [The promise of Obama's presidency, in many people's minds, is partly that America will move toward becoming a post-racial society. It's pretty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-noah/the-promise-of-obama-s-presidency-in-many-people-s-minds-is-partly/)

[Timothy Noah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-noah/)

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> [Few progressives would take issue with the argument that, significant accomplishments notwithstanding, the Obama presidency has been a big disappointment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-alterman/few-progressives-would-take-issue-with-the-argument-that-significant/)

[Eric Alterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-alterman/)

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> [Within the U.S., the Obama presidency will be mainly measured by the success or failure of his economic policies. And here, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camille-paglia/within-the-u-s-the-obama-presidency-will-be-mainly-measured-by-the/)

[Camille Paglia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camille-paglia/)

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> [ So more and more black folk tend to be well-adjusted to \[Barack\] Obama's presidency, but does that mean they're well-adjusted to injustice?… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornel-west/so-more-and-more-black-folk-tend-to-be-well-adjusted-to-barack-obama/)

[Cornel West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornel-west/)

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