Every president has contributed a nice bundle of quotes that have influenced us as a nation. From inspirational to maddening to even hilarious. However President Barack Obama clearly has been one of the most influential presidents we’ve had in a while.
The fact that his influence has not only flooded America, but more importantly American youth! His journey and service as President has already made such important history.
President Barack Obama has hundreds of interesting, inspirational, funny and amazing quotes. So many different influential words, but luckily for you, we’ve rounded up our top 10 favorite Obama quotes.
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1.‘There is not a liberal America and a conservative America; there is the United States of America. There is not a black America and a white America and Latino America and Asian America; there’s the United States of America.’ – From the 2004 Democratic National Convention keynote address.
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2.‘The true test of the American ideal is whether we’re able to recognize our failings and then rise together to meet the challenges of our time. Whether we allow ourselves to be shaped by events and history, or whether we act to shape them. Whether chance of birth or circumstance decides life’s big winners and losers, or whether we build a community where, at the very least, everyone has a chance to work hard, get ahead, and reach their dreams.’ – From the 2005 Commencement address at Knox College
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3.‘They say well he hasn’t been in Washington long enough we need to season him and stew him a little bit more. And boil all the hope out of him, so he sounds just like us! And then! He will be ready!’ January 2008, during the Primaries, referring his ‘inexperience.’
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4.’I don’t oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war.‘ – at an anti-Iraq war rally in Chicago, October 26, 2002.
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5. ‘You know, there’s a lot of talk in this country about the federal deficit. But I think we should talk more about our empathy deficit – the ability to put ourselves in someone else’s shoes; to see the world through the eyes of those who are different from us – the child who’s hungry, the steelworker who’s bee
