--- title: "12 Pursuit Quotes By Barack Obama" description: "12 Pursuit quotes by Barack Obama. Plus more from Barack Obama and more Pursuit sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/948/barack-obama-17_christian_on-the-other-hand-it-is-also-undeniable_1526871.jpg" --- > [On the other hand, it is also undeniable that the Palestinian people - Muslims and Christians - have suffered in pursuit of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/on-the-other-hand-it-is-also-undeniable-that-the-palestinian-people/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/948/barack-obama-17_christian_on-the-other-hand-it-is-also-undeniable_1526871.jpg) > [ \[America\] will stand steadfast with Israel in pursuit of security and a lasting peace. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/america-will-stand-steadfast-with-israel-in-pursuit-of-security-and-a/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fa/barack-obama-17_america_america-will-stand-steadfast-with-israel_2120661.jpg) > [That is our generation's task, to make these works, these rights, these values of life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/that-is-our-generation-s-task-to-make-these-works-these-rights-these/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be3/barack-obama-17_freedom_that-is-our-generation-s-task-to-make-th_791666.jpg) > [I'm suspicious of too much certainty in the pursuit of understanding just because I think people are limited in their understanding.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-m-suspicious-of-too-much-certainty-in-the-pursuit-of-understanding/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d52/barack-obama-17_certainty_i-m-suspicious-of-too-much-certainty-in_1685979.jpg) > [The leaders we revere and the businesses that last are generally not the result of a narrow pursuit of popularity or personal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/the-leaders-we-revere-and-the-businesses-that-last-are-generally-not/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/985/barack-obama-17_advancement_the-leaders-we-revere-and-the-businesses_2732789.jpg) > [Our unalienable right to life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness, those rights were stripped from college kids in Blackburg and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/our-unalienable-right-to-life-and-liberty-and-the-pursuit-of/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66c/barack-obama-17_barbara_our-unalienable-right-to-life-and-libert_2457936.jpg) > [Simple exchanges can break down walls between us, for when people come together and speak to one another and share a common…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/simple-exchanges-can-break-down-walls-between-us-for-when-people-come/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a9/barack-obama-17_break_simple-exchanges-can-break-down-walls-be_2886134.jpg) > [I am convinced that whenever we exaggerate or demonize, oversimplify or overstate our case, we lose. Whenever we dumb down the political…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-am-convinced-that-whenever-we-exaggerate-or-demonize-oversimplify/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bb/barack-obama-17_accuracy_i-am-convinced-that-whenever-we-exaggera_1880342.jpg) > [That is the story of our history - whether it's the pursuit of prosperity for our people or the struggle for equality…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/that-is-the-story-of-our-history-whether-it-s-the-pursuit-of/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dae/barack-obama-17_can-do_that-is-the-story-of-our-history-whether_1463080.jpg) > [I began feeling the way I imagine an actor or athlete must feel when, after years of commitment to a particular dream...he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-began-feeling-the-way-i-imagine-an-actor-or-athlete-must-feel-when/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b9/barack-obama-17_accepting_i-began-feeling-the-way-i-imagine-an-act_3208690.jpg) > [America can do whatever we set our mind to. That is the story of our history, whether it's the pursuit of prosperity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/america-can-do-whatever-we-set-our-mind-to-that-is-the-story-of-our/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/965/barack-obama-17_america_america-can-do-whatever-we-set-our-mind_827527.jpg) > [What makes us exceptional, what makes us America is our allegiance to an idea articulated in a declaration made more than two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/what-makes-us-exceptional-what-makes-us-america-is-our-allegiance-to-2/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3f/barack-obama-17_allegiance_what-makes-us-exceptional-what-makes-us_1587953.jpg) ## Other authors on Pursuit - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-jefferson-90435.jpg) Thomas Jefferson 17 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/thomas-jefferson/) - [Lailah Gifty Akita 17 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/lailah-gifty-akita/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/henry-david-thoreau/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-mahatma-gandhi-62675.jpg) Mahatma Gandhi 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/mahatma-gandhi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-ayn-rand-15943.jpg) Ayn Rand 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/ayn-rand/) - [Samuel Johnson 9 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/samuel-johnson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-leo-tolstoy-55.jpg) Leo Tolstoy 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/leo-tolstoy/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-dickens-22226.jpg) Charles Dickens 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/charles-dickens/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-plato-75782.jpg) Plato 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/plato/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jerry-bridges-49058.jpg) Jerry Bridges 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/jerry-bridges/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-albert-einstein-10494.jpg) Albert Einstein 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pursuit/albert-einstein/) ## 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/pursuit/barack-obama/#itemlist", "name": "12 Pursuit Quotes By Barack Obama", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "On the other hand, it is also undeniable that the Palestinian people - Muslims and Christians - have suffered in pursuit of a homeland.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Barack Obama" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/on-the-other-hand-it-is-also-undeniable-that-the-palestinian-people/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/948/barack-obama-17_christian_on-the-other-hand-it-is-also-undeniable_1526871.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/948/barack-obama-17_christian_on-the-other-hand-it-is-also-undeniable_1526871.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/948/barack-obama-17_christian_on-the-other-hand-it-is-also-undeniable_1526871.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“On the other hand, it is also undeniable that the Palestinian people - 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Let us remember that we can do these things not just because of wealth or power, but because of who we are. 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