Barack obama Quote by Lionel Shriver

I campaigned for Hillary Clinton when she was in the primaries against [Barack] Obama, actually.

— Natalie Portman

During the 2008 campaign, I strongly endorsed Barack Obama for president. I did so early, when many Democratic leaders - including many prominent African-American…

— Douglas Wilder

Because of where I come from, I never thought I'd see in my life a black candidate running for President.

— Samuel L. Jackson

Barack Obama's official nomination as the Democratic Party's standard-bearer was a very poignant moment for millions of Americans. As the first non-white major party…

— Chuck Todd

Barack Obamas official nomination as the Democratic Partys standard-bearer was a very poignant moment for millions of Americans. As the first non-white major party…

— Chuck Todd

If I were a white candidate, I'd have won the Democratic nomination.

— Jesse Jackson

Sen. Joe Biden, on the day of announcing his candidacy for president of the United States, called Barack Obama the first mainstream African-American who…

— Jay Leno

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

I guess I don't have a candidate who makes my heart go pitter-patter the way I wish it would. I'm thinking, here's an African…

— Sara Paretsky

When I first heard that Barack Obama was going to be the first black president, I wanted to do the smallest, biggest tribute in…

— Willard Wigan

I believed that President Obama was a good choice a couple of years ago because I felt that, as a black man, if he…

— Tavis Smiley

I can't sit back one more time and be frustrated that the nominee I was going for didn't make the White House without doing…

— Cuba Gooding Jr