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Barack Obama

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Painting by Michael A. Glier.

Quick Facts About Barack Obama

Notable works: Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

About Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African American to serve as president. Obama represented Illinois in the United States Senate from 2005 to 2008 and served as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes 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:…

America

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The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy.

Democracy

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As opposed to getting into arguments about, well, these folks have been treated fairly so now we're going to be doing things…

Argument

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Donald Trump is temperamentally unfit.

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What we've said to the girls is: 'If you guys ever decide that you're going to get a tattoo, then mommy and…

Family

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Nobody is listening to your telephone calls.

Listening

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All of us take offense to anyone who reaps the rewards of living in America without taking on the responsibilities of living…

America

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The world is complicated and full of grays, but there's still truth there to be found.

Complicated

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That is another theme in the book [Dreams from My Father]. How do we exercise more empathy in our public discourse? How…

Black

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I can say across Europe that many principles that have been taken for granted here around free speech, and around civil liberties…

Civil liberties

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So Americans understand the costs of war. Yet as a country, we will never tolerate our security being threatened, nor stand idly…

Allies

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I want to thank the Greek people publicly for their humanitarian response to the crisis of so many migrants and refugees seeking…

Admiration

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We had a farewell dinner for some of my senior staff, and generally everybody likes to talk about how cool I was.

Dinner

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It's good to get fresh legs in [the White house]. I think that it refreshes our democracy.

Democracy

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Believe it or not, entertainment is part of our American diplomacy, it is part of what makes us exceptional, part of what…

Believe

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People are less certain of their national identities or their place in the world. It starts looking different and disorienting. And there…

Certain

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Robin Williams was an airman, a doctor, a genie, a nanny, a president, a professor, a bangarang Peter Pan, and everything in…

Airmen

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I bowled a 129. It's like- It was like the Special Olympics.

Inspirational

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Our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes and I see many of them in the audience here today.

Audience

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“But for a younger generation of conservative operatives who would soon rise to power... They were true believers who meant what they…

Christian nation

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I think we have two conflicting traditions in this country. I think it's important for us to recognize that we've got a…

Abiding

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In a global economy where the most valuable skill you can sell is your knowledge, a good education is no longer just…

Economics

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Women deserve equal pay for equal work.

Deserve

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Education was the gateway to opportunity for me and for Michelle. And now more than ever, it is the gateway to a…

Education

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One of the great qualities of Chancellor Merkel is that she is steady. She analyzes a situation. She's honest. Sometimes we've had…

Approach

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