Barack obama Quote by Wadada Leo Smith

In general, Barack Hussein Obama brings us face to face with the discomfort our society feels with this idea of difference.

— Uzodinma Iweala

Like John Kennedy in 1960, Obama combines youth, vigor, and good looks with the promise of political change. Like Kennedy, he grew up in…

— Virginia Postrel

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

In many people's many people's minds this is the sole reason Barack Obama was elected. He was elected to fix race relations.

— Rush Limbaugh

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

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

Barack Obama winning the election had an instant impact on everything - race relations, national self-esteem, tolerance. It also had an instant affect on…

— Peter Morgan

The greatest thing to me about Obama is not the individual, it does not have to do with Obama himself - it's really about…

— Damian Marley

Barack Obama was elected during my second year of college, and save for his skin color, he had much in common with Bill Clinton:…

— J. D. Vance

Barack Obama was a president who understood not only how technology could transform the way government services worked but also technology itself. He got…

— Steven Levy

He [Barack Obama] just seemed very firm about the change, and that's, like, his motto.

— Kim Kardashian

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