Lifetime Quote by Jesmyn Ward

After Obama became president, I realized that black people could not have put him in the White House - it had to be a…

— Tyler Perry

You look at how Barack Obama has had to conduct himself as president. It reminds me of Jackie Robinson, how he had to be…

— Ato Essandoh

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

I think President Obama wanted to have the right fit for his different cabinet positions, and I believe that experience is what mattered most…

— Hilda Solis

I'm a huge Obama fan. I think it's such an unbelievably great thing to have a President who's competent and not insane.

— Randy Cohen

Obama was elected on the shoulders of an incipient movement that he allowed to languish once he became president.

— Ben Fountain

Obama came to power with this element of raising many new hopes and expectations but he's been fought back by the system, becoming almost…

— Gilberto Gil

I've always believed that government tends to screw up whatever it touches, but Obama in particular seemed different. He understood tech issues that left…

— Michael Arrington

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

— Michael Fullilove

I think it is one of the most extraordinary elections, a turning point for our country and for the world. That remarkable young man…

— David McCullough

I think people need to remember what the situation was when President [Barack] Obama came into office.

— Hillary Clinton

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