America Quote by Timothy Noah

The biggest accomplishment, in racial terms, for Barack Obama was being elected. He had to overcome his blackness to be elected. He climbed the…

— Randall Kennedy

There's something beautiful about the fact that Obama was not just elected, but elected decisively across racial, and socio-economic and cultural groups and that…

— Maya Angelou

I'm so, so full of joy that America elected Obama. He didn't win because he was black - people voted for him because he…

— Estelle Fanta Swaray

The election of Barack Obama was a very wonderful step forward for America, which has unfortunately been tainted by the ugly reaction of some…

— Jimmy Carter

Barack Obama won such a big electoral mandate because a lot of people thought he was - transcended partisan and ideological barriers and was…

— David Brooks

The greatest hope most Americans - including Republicans - had when Barack Obama was elected president was that the election of a black person…

— Dennis Prager

[Barack] Obama won two elections but certainly the first one not because people wanted that agenda of his. He never told them what his…

— Rush Limbaugh

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

Obama's victory in November 2008 was a historic political accomplishment.

— John Podhoretz

I didn't elect [Barack] Obama because he's a black; I voted for Obama because he was the right person at the time.

— Danny Glover

He struck a mighty blow for equality, freedom and the American way of life. Jackie Robinson was a good citizen, a great man, and…

— Ronald Reagan

“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