Past Quotes by Barack Obama

The worst thing that colonialism did was to cloud our view of our past.

— Barack Obama

Whatever we think of the past, we must not be prisoners to it.

— Barack Obama

Faith doesn't mean that you don't have doubts.

— Barack Obama

America, this is our moment. This is our time. Our time to turn the page of the policies of the past.

— Barack Obama

It is time to leave behind the divisive battles of the past. It is time to move forward as one nation.

— Barack Obama

In the past, there have been a range of treaties that divided Congress and every administration was able to get them through.

— Barack Obama

We also recommit to supporting tribal self-determination, security, and prosperity for all Native Americans. While we cannot erase the scourges or broken…

— Barack Obama

Every three weeks, we bring online as much solar power as we did in all of 2008...That’s why, over the past six…

— Barack Obama

During the course of my presidency crime has been the lowest it's been probably since the '60s. Butyou wouldn't know it if…

— Barack Obama

America, this is our moment. This is our time. Our time to turn the page on the policies of the past. Our…

— Barack Obama

Yes, we've still got more work to do. More work to do for every American still in need of a good job…

— Barack Obama

I want my children - I want Malia and Sasha - to understand that they've got responsibilities beyond just what they themselves…

— Barack Obama

There's something about the American spirit -– inherent in the American spirit -- we don't hang on to the past. We always…

— Barack Obama

To me the question right now is: How do I close that first three-quarters of the achievement gap, education gap, wealth gap?…

— Barack Obama

In recent years, we've become enamored with our own past success. Lulled into complacency by the glitter of our own achievements. We've…

— Barack Obama

We need scientists to design new fuels. We need farmers to help grow them. We need engineers to invent new technologies. We…

— Barack Obama

My top priority in any trade negotiation is expanding opportunity for hardworking Americans. It's no secret that past trade deals haven't always…

— Barack Obama

In the course of a healthy debate, we prioritize different goals, and the different means of reaching them. But without some common…

— Barack Obama

Over the past eight years, the United States has worked hard to deepen partnerships across the region and across South-east Asia in…

— Barack Obama

Now, the Iranian people are a great people, and Persian civilization is a great civilization. Iran has acted in ways that's not…

— Barack Obama

The profound mistake of Reverend Wright's sermons is not that he spoke about racism in our society. It's that he spoke as…

— Barack Obama

Obviously, we've all had disagreements and differences in the past. I suspect we'll have them again in the future. But last night…

— Barack Obama

In the white community, the path to a more perfect union means acknowledging that what ails the African-American community does not just…

— Barack Obama

It continues to be my strong belief that the way we are going to make sure that everybody feels a part of…

— Barack Obama

Does that mean that all vestiges of past discrimination would be eliminated, that the income gap or the wealth gap or the…

— Barack Obama

I think that part of my optimism comes from the belief that we as a people could actually, regardless of all the…

— Barack Obama

I can document this past week [of presidency] we've put out memos from every agency showing what did we do. Try to…

— Barack Obama