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title: "34 Sides Quotes By Barack Obama"
description: "34 Sides quotes by Barack Obama. Plus more from Barack Obama and more Sides sayings from other authors."
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> [I think that whenever you have got an incoming president of the other side it takes a while for people to reconcile…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-think-that-whenever-you-have-got-an-incoming-president-of-the-other/)

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> [I think it's fair to say that my temperament is steady - and on the buoyant side.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-think-it-s-fair-to-say-that-my-temperament-is-steady-and-on-the/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [Scientists and engineers ought to stand side by side with athletes and entertainers as role models.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/scientists-and-engineers-ought-to-stand-side-by-side-with-athletes/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [ I think \[ unpopular presidential candidates \] indicates, at least on the Democratic side, that we've got more work to do to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-think-unpopular-presidential-candidates-indicates-at-least-on-the/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [ As I reflect back on what's worked for me in this \[presidential\] office it's been that I've gotten people who maybe didn't… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/as-i-reflect-back-on-what-s-worked-for-me-in-this-presidential-office/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [It’s not a nice-to-have—it’s a must-have. It’s time we stop treating child care as a side issue, or a women’s issue, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/it-s-not-a-nice-to-have-it-s-a-must-have-it-s-time-we-stop-treating/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [It was unknowable then, but so much of the progress that would define the 20th century, on both sides of the Atlantic,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/it-was-unknowable-then-but-so-much-of-the-progress-that-would-define-2/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [For decades, this great leader, often at Dr. King's side, was denied his rightful place in history because he was openly gay.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/for-decades-this-great-leader-often-at-dr-king-s-side-was-denied-his/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [We've come to be consumed by a 24-hour, slash-and-burn, negative ad, bickering, small-minded politics that doesn't move us forward. Sometimes one side…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/we-ve-come-to-be-consumed-by-a-24-hour-slash-and-burn-negative-ad/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [As you travel through the Middle East what keeps on striking home to me is how similar everyone is, and yet the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/as-you-travel-through-the-middle-east-what-keeps-on-striking-home-to/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [Each side has legitimate aspirations - and that's part of what makes peace so hard. And the deadlock will only be broken…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/each-side-has-legitimate-aspirations-and-that-s-part-of-what-makes/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [One of the interesting things about being in public life is there are constantly these pressures being placed on you from different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/one-of-the-interesting-things-about-being-in-public-life-is-there-are/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [Now, in practice, in daily social interactions, etc., there may be all kinds of biases and prejudices that are unspoken, that people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/now-in-practice-in-daily-social-interactions-etc-there-may-be-all/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [The walls between old allies on either side of the Atlantic cannot stand. The walls between the countries with the most and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/the-walls-between-old-allies-on-either-side-of-the-atlantic-cannot/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [Now let's make two things clear: ISIL is not 'Islamic.' No religion condones the killing of innocents, and the vast majority of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/now-let-s-make-two-things-clear-isil-is-not-islamic-no-religion/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [I think if you worked at the community level in Chicago and then a politician on the South Side of Chicago, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-think-if-you-worked-at-the-community-level-in-chicago-and-then-a/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [The only resolution is for the aspirations of both sides to be met through two states, where Israelis and Palestinians each live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/the-only-resolution-is-for-the-aspirations-of-both-sides-to-be-met/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [Beside the two wars he inherited in Iraq and Afghanistan, and promised to end, a financial crisis at home had pushed the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/beside-the-two-wars-he-inherited-in-iraq-and-afghanistan-and-promised/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [I didn't become a Christian until many years later, when I moved to the South Side of Chicago after college. It happened…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-didn-t-become-a-christian-until-many-years-later-when-i-moved-to/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [In the Muslim world, this notion that somehow everything is the fault of the Israelis lacks balance - because there's two sides…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/in-the-muslim-world-this-notion-that-somehow-everything-is-the-fault/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [I've been involved in the intelligence side of the federal government for a long time. We all know that we have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-ve-been-involved-in-the-intelligence-side-of-the-federal-government/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [It was unknowable then, but so much of the progress that would define the 20th century, on both sides of the Atlantic,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/it-was-unknowable-then-but-so-much-of-the-progress-that-would-define/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [You're going to face a choice in November. This is a choice between the policies that got us into this mess in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/you-re-going-to-face-a-choice-in-november-this-is-a-choice-between/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [After all, there were thousands of so-called campus radicals, most of them white and tenured and happily tolerated. No, it remained necessary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/after-all-there-were-thousands-of-so-called-campus-radicals-most-of/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [I know CNN has taken some knocks lately but the fact is, I admire their commitment to covering all sides of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-know-cnn-has-taken-some-knocks-lately-but-the-fact-is-i-admire/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [I was able to excite and engage people who previously hadn't been involved in politics, and part of the reason that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-was-able-to-excite-and-engage-people-who-previously-hadn-t-been/)

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> [True leadership will not be measured by the ability to muzzle dissent, or to intimidate and harass political opponents at home. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/true-leadership-will-not-be-measured-by-the-ability-to-muzzle-dissent/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/to-those-who-cling-to-power-through-corruption-and-deceit-and-the/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [What is true, though, is now we've got a bunch of videos that whatever side of the issue you're on, raises the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/what-is-true-though-is-now-we-ve-got-a-bunch-of-videos-that-whatever/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [Keeping the people's government open is not a concession to me. Keeping vital service running and hundreds of thousands of Americans on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/keeping-the-people-s-government-open-is-not-a-concession-to-me/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [I have seen, the desperation and disorder of the powerless: how it twists the lives of children on the streets of Jakarta…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-have-seen-the-desperation-and-disorder-of-the-powerless-how-it/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [Globalization makes our economy, our health, and our security all captive to events on the other side of the world. And no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/globalization-makes-our-economy-our-health-and-our-security-all/)

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> [Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle, are motivated by all kinds of issues. They're sincerely interested in the economy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/members-of-congress-on-both-sides-of-the-aisle-are-motivated-by-all/)

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> [To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect. To those leaders around the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/to-the-muslim-world-we-seek-a-new-way-forward-based-on-mutual/)

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## Other authors on Sides

## 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/)

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