America Quote by Dennis Prager

Obama provides hope. Whether he does anything, the hope that he provides for a nation and outside of America is enough. Just being who…

— Jay-Z

A lot of conversations happened during Obama's election that opened my eyes and made me really excited. He provided hope at a time when…

— Vick Hope

Obama won the presidency on the strength of his message and the skills of the messenger. Now the talk of hope and change feels…

— Ron Fournier

“We are approaching a very historical event in the history of our nation, the United States of America. For the first time in our…

— Aladdin Elaasar

I momentarily but genuinely believed that Barack Obama was the answer not only to our nation's depressing politics but to the question of our…

— Thomas Chatterton Williams

The 2008 presidential election was a triumph of hope and unity over fear and divisiveness. Barack Obama's election reshapes America's political landscape and wipes…

— Amy Klobuchar

So to some extent he [Barack Obama] is a victim of the expectations and the high hopes that we experienced.

— Michael Fullilove

I had great admiration for the election of President Obama. I believe that the U.S. at that moment showed tremendous capacity to show that…

— Dilma Rousseff

Electoral politics was always an objective of the Black Panther party, so Barack Obama is a part of what we dreamed and struggled and…

— Bobby Seale

Barack Obama was amazing, but he wasn't perfect. We all know that. He was the closest thing to perfect America's ever had. We were…

— Beth Ditto

Black people have been qualified to be president for hundreds of years. George Washington Carver could have been president. I could go on with…

— Chris Rock

For me, Barack Obama's election was a milestone of the most extraordinary kind. On the day he was elected I felt such hope in…

— Jesse Jackson