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Race Quotes by Barack Obama

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Obama emphasizes a goal of a nation not split by race, where people of different colors and creeds understand each other. He notes that politics, religion, and race fade when faced with the power of nature, and that walls between allies and rich and poor cannot hold. He also mentions challenges like extremist regimes and changing attitudes toward marriage.

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We will finish the race.

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Our goal is to have a country that's not divided by race.

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Race remains a potent and often divisive force in our society.

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What I've said to [my team] is, "Look, we ran our leg of the race and we did a darn good job."

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I am absolutely convinced that race relations on the whole are actually better now than they were 20 years [ago].

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I would love to see an America where race is understood in the same way that the ethnic diversity of the white…

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I do think that this whole area of cyber is something that at an international level we have to work on and…

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I insist on the dignity and God- given potential and work of every child, regardless of race or gender or sexual orientation…

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Scripture tells us to "run with endurance the race that is set before us." As we do, may God hold close those…

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Politics, differences of religion or race, all that fades away when we are confronted with the awesome power of nature, and we're…

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Historically - when you look at how America has evolved, typically we make progress on race relations in fits and starts. We…

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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…

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I've called Chicago home for nearly 25 years. It's a city of broad shoulders and big hearts and bold dreams; a city…

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There are values that transcend race or culture, that move us forward, and there's an obligation for all of us individually as…

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As I got older, then my particular ambitions started cohering around creating a world in which people of different races or backgrounds…

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When you're out of work and you can't buy a home or you've lost your home and you're worried about paying your…

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We have to recognize we've got some big problems on race, just like we got still big problems on crime, just like…

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The alternative, no limits on Iran's nuclear program, no inspections, an Iran that's closer to a nuclear weapon, the risk of regional…

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The emotions between the races could never be pure; even love was tarnished by the desire to find in the other some…

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On September 11th, 2001, in our time of grief, the American people came together. We offered our neighbors a hand and we…

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For we have a choice in this country. We can accept a politics that breeds division, and conflict, and cynicism. We can…

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Our goal is to have a country that's not divided by race. And my impression, as I travel around the country, is…

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The Iranian regime supports violent extremists and challenges us across the region. It pursues a nuclear capability that could spark a dangerous…

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The American people want to make sure that the rules of the game are fair. And what that means is that if…

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...Started by missionaries in 1841, Punahou Academy had grown into a prestigious prep school, an incubator for island elites...It hadn't been easy…

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I think there is nothing wrong with instituting policies that say that harassment of any form, whether it comes through the Internet…

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Everybody deserves fair treatment, equal treatment in the eyes of the law and the state. And that includes gays, lesbians, transgender persons.…

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Without a deal [with Iran], the international sanctions regime will unravel with little ability to reimpose them. With this deal, we have…

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The United States, we know what happens when we start dividing ourselves along lines of race or religion or ethnicity.

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I always tell young people in particular: Do not say that nothing's changed when it comes to race in America, unless you…

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Even when our heart aches, we summon the strength that maybe we didn't even know we had, and we carry on; we…

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Now is not the time to gut these job-creating investments in science and innovation. Now is the time to reach a level…

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The other reason might be that you want to talk to voters when you've got seven primaries in seven days. Understand what's…

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The same would be true for something like Social Security, where historically, if you just read the law and the fact that…

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The amount of interaction, the amount of understanding that exists in your generation among people of different races and different creeds and…

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Now, I've lived long enough to know that race relations are better than they were 10 or 20 or 30 years ago…

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There is a big risk for the Republicans in a race, especially with Hillary Clinton as a likely Democratic nominee in a…

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We can't afford to stand pat while the world races by. The United States of America did not become the most prosperous…

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The changes in thinking about same-sex marriage have come slowly at first and then in rapid course. If such change is possible…

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I think, the argument sometimes that I've had with folks who are much more interested in sort of race-specific programs is less…

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