What I've said to [my team] is, "Look, we ran our leg of the race and we did a darn good job." — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Politics, differences of religion or race, all that fades away when we are confronted with the awesome power of nature, and we're… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Scripture tells us to "run with endurance the race that is set before us." As we do, may God hold close those… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I do think that this whole area of cyber is something that at an international level we have to work on and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I am absolutely convinced that race relations on the whole are actually better now than they were 20 years [ago]. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My identity might begin with the fact of my race, but it didn't, couldn't end there. At least that's what I would… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I always tell young people in particular: Do not say that nothing's changed when it comes to race in America, unless you… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The emotions between the races could never be pure; even love was tarnished by the desire to find in the other some… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The alternative, no limits on Iran's nuclear program, no inspections, an Iran that's closer to a nuclear weapon, the risk of regional… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We have to recognize we've got some big problems on race, just like we got still big problems on crime, just like… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
As I got older, then my particular ambitions started cohering around creating a world in which people of different races or backgrounds… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I've called Chicago home for nearly 25 years. It's a city of broad shoulders and big hearts and bold dreams; a city… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There are values that transcend race or culture, that move us forward, and there's an obligation for all of us individually as… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
This is where I think policies do need to be somewhat race-specific, is making sure that institutions are not discriminatory. So you've… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Race is still a powerful force in this country. Any African American candidate, or any Latino candidate, or Asian candidate or woman… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The Iranian regime supports violent extremists and challenges us across the region. It pursues a nuclear capability that could spark a dangerous… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
For we have a choice in this country. We can accept a politics that breeds division, and conflict, and cynicism. We can… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Without a deal [with Iran], the international sanctions regime will unravel with little ability to reimpose them. With this deal, we have… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If we want to make the best products, we also have to invest in the best ideas... Every dollar we invested to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think that one of the things that we all agree to is that the touchstone for economic policy is, does it… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think there is nothing wrong with instituting policies that say that harassment of any form, whether it comes through the Internet… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Everybody deserves fair treatment, equal treatment in the eyes of the law and the state. And that includes gays, lesbians, transgender persons.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
...Started by missionaries in 1841, Punahou Academy had grown into a prestigious prep school, an incubator for island elites...It hadn't been easy… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
A nuclear Iran is a threat to America's national security, and it is a threat to Israel's national security. We cannot afford… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
But race is an issue that I believe this nation cannot afford to ignore right now. We would be making the same… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The walls between old allies on either side of the Atlantic cannot stand. The walls between the countries with the most and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Affirmative action is not going to be the long-term solution to the problems of race in America, because, frankly, if you've got… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The changes in thinking about same-sex marriage have come slowly at first and then in rapid course. If such change is possible… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think that part of my optimism comes from the belief that we as a people could actually, regardless of all the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There was never a promise that race relations in America would be entirely resolved during my presidency or anybody's presidency. I mean,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The Iranian regime supports violent extremists and challenges us across the region. It pursues a nuclear capability that could spark a dangerous… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The amount of interaction, the amount of understanding that exists in your generation among people of different races and different creeds and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The other reason might be that you want to talk to voters when you've got seven primaries in seven days. Understand what's… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
On September 11th, 2001, in our time of grief, the American people came together. We offered our neighbors a hand and we… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Now, I've lived long enough to know that race relations are better than they were 10 or 20 or 30 years ago… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I would love to see an America where race is understood in the same way that the ethnic diversity of the white… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I insist on the dignity and God- given potential and work of every child, regardless of race or gender or sexual orientation… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
All of us take offense to anyone who reaps the rewards of living in America without taking on the responsibilities of living in America.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The world is complicated and full of grays, but there's still truth there to be found. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
That is another theme in the book [Dreams from My Father]. How do we exercise more empathy in our public discourse? How do we… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I can say across Europe that many principles that have been taken for granted here around free speech, and around civil liberties and an… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
So Americans understand the costs of war. Yet as a country, we will never tolerate our security being threatened, nor stand idly by when… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I want to thank the Greek people publicly for their humanitarian response to the crisis of so many migrants and refugees seeking safety in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
![“What I've said to [my team] is, "Look, we ran our leg of the race and we did a darn good job."” quote by Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/281/barack-obama-17_good-job_what-i-ve-said-to-my-team-is-look-we-ran_489487.jpg)
![“I am absolutely convinced that race relations on the whole are actually better now than they were 20 years [ago].” quote by Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5eb/barack-obama-17_better-now_i-am-absolutely-convinced-that-race-rela_1787492.jpg)
![“The alternative, no limits on Iran's nuclear program, no inspections, an Iran that's closer to a nuclear weapon, the risk of regional nuclear arms race, and the greater risk of war - all that would endanger our [American] security.” quote by Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2fc/barack-obama-17_alternatives_the-alternative-no-limits-on-iran-s-nucl_2091986.jpg)
![“This is where I think policies do need to be somewhat race-specific, is making sure that institutions are not discriminatory. So you've got something like the FHA [Federal Housing Administration], which was on its face a universal program that involved a huge mechanism for wealth accumulation and…” quote by Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a59/barack-obama-17_accumulation_this-is-where-i-think-policies-do-need-t_1780873.jpg)
![“Without a deal [with Iran], the international sanctions regime will unravel with little ability to reimpose them. With this deal, we have the possibility of peacefully resolving a major threat to regional and international security. Without a deal, we risk even more war in the Middle East and…” quote by Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/190/barack-obama-17_ability_without-a-deal-with-iran-the-internation_522652.jpg)
![“That is another theme in the book [Dreams from My Father]. How do we exercise more empathy in our public discourse? How do we get the black to see through the eyes of the white? Or the citizen to see through the eyes of the immigrant? Or the straight to see through the eyes of the gay? That has…” quote by Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/00d/barack-obama-17_black_that-is-another-theme-in-the-book-dreams_10185.jpg)
