Барак Обама цитаты страница 30

„В отличие от тебя, Владимир, я не могу редактировать статью перед ее выходом.“

на одной из встреч с Владимиром Путиным, 2016 Источник: Esquire. Цитата дня. 29/03/2016. https://esquire.ru/quotes/29032016 Источник: Обама упрекнул Путина в цензуре https://meduza.io/news/2016/03/29/obama-upreknul-putina-v-tsenzure Источник: Обама упрекнул Путина в наличии цензуры в России https://slon.ru/posts/65914

„Мы облажались.“

„Ни одна страна не должна отказывать людям в праве на свободу слова или свободу вероисповедания. Также ни одна страна не должна лишать людей их прав из-за тех, кого они любят.“

О программе реформирования системы здравоохранения, получившей название Obamacare. Источник: Esquire. Цитата дня. 30/12/2013. https://esquire.ru/quotes/30122013

„Для преодоления кризиса нет быстрых и простых решений.“

„То, что мой отец черный, как смоль, а мать белая, как молоко, практически никак не отложилось в моем сознании.“

„В Африке хорошо видно, что разница между деревней, где люди едят, и деревней, где люди голодают, определяется государством. В одной государство работает, в другой — нет. Вот почему меня очень тревожат люди, которые говорят о том, что государство — это враг. Они не понимают его фундаментальной роли.“

Барак Обама Цитаты о мужчинах

„У меня очень хорошо получается убивать людей.“

„Братья должны подтянуть штаны. Вы идёте рядом с вашей матерью, вашей бабушкой, ваше нижнее белье видно. Вот мое к этому отношение: я думаю, что принимать закон о запрете приспущенных штанов — это пустая трата времени… Но это не значит, что люди не могут проявить определённый здравый смысл и некоторое уважение к другим людям. Вы знаете, некоторые, возможно, не хотят смотреть на ваше нижнее белье, и я являюсь одним из них.“

Об использовании беспилотников. Источник: Esquire. Цитата дня. 05/11/2013. https://esquire.ru/quotes/05112013

„Мне бы не хотелось Вас обманывать. Я человек, который живет обычной жизнью, и так случается, что я человек, который совершает ошибки. И вопрос в том, что ты признаешь свои ошибки и учишься на своих ошибках. Поэтому я могу сказать, что я благодарен своим ошибкам за возможность учиться.“

Источник: Из интервью телеканалу MTV http://www.nr2.ru/election/204499.html

„Надежда — основа нашей нации, вера в то, что судьба не написана нам, а пишется нами — всеми теми людьми, которые не довольствуются тем миром, который им дан, а осмеливаются сделать мир таким, каким он должен быть.“

„Исключительной нации нужен исключительный лидер, лидер в лице исключительного президента. И для меня такой человек – президент Барак Обама!“

„Моя работа в мусульманском мире состоит в том, чтобы сообщить, что американцы не являются вашими врагами. Иногда мы делаем ошибки. Мы не были совершенными.“

30 Января. Джон Керри. Euronews Об Обаме Источник: Джон Керри – очевидный выбор http://ru.euronews.com/2013/01/30/kerry-seeks-diplomatic-fortune/

Барак Обама Цитаты о мире

„Америка друг каждой нации и каждого мужчины, каждой женщины и каждого ребенка, который стремится к мирному и достойному будущему, и мы готовы вести мир вперед опять.“

„Огромная честь быть ответственным за самую важную организацию в мире — за правительство США, за нашу армию и за все хорошее, что мы делаем в мире.“

Источник: Барак Обама, Афоризмы, 26 Декабря 2014 http://www.aphorism.ru/author/a8042.shtml,

„Те, кто хочет уничтожить планету, пусть знают, что мы их разгромим. Те, кто стремится к миру и безопасности, пусть знают, что мы их поддержим. Всем тем, кто сомневается в том, что путеводная звезда Америки горит по-прежнему ярко, сегодня вечером мы еще раз доказали, что подлинная сила нашей страны не в мощи нашего оружия, не в размерах нашего богатства, но в непоколебимой силе наших идеалов — демократии, свободы, широты возможностей и неугасаемой надежды.“

„Я не против всех войн, я против тупой войны.“

To those who would tear the world down: We will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security: We support you. And to all those who have wondered if America's beacon still burns as bright: Tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope. речь после победы на выборах 2008 Источник: Переводы речи на iipdigital http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/russian/texttrans/2008/11/20081105160604abretnuh0.5424877.html#axzz4ITZVEp7i

Барак Обама цитаты

„Я верю, что все гомосексуальные пары заслуживают тех же самых законных прав, как и любая другая пара в этой стране!“

„Иран, Куба, Венесуэла — все это крошечные страны по сравнению с Советским Союзом. Они не представляют для нас такой угрозы, какую представлял Советский Союз. И тем не менее мы готовы были вести переговоры с Советским Союзом даже тогда, когда нам говорили: «Да мы вас с лица земли сотрем».“

„По моему опыту, эволюция более обоснованна, чем ангелы.“

„Деньги — это возможность распугать конкурентов и побороть свой собственный страх. Деньги не гарантируют победы, но без них ты почти гарантированно проиграешь.“

„Я — в президенты? Глупости какие. Вы лучше поговорите с моей женой. Мне она постоянно твердит, что я даже с грязными носками не могу управиться.“

„В прошлом году, когда мы и наши союзники тяжело трудились над тем, чтобы наложить санкции, некоторые предполагали, что агрессия господина Путина была примером мастерской стратегии и силы. Ну а сегодня Америка сильна и едина с нашими союзниками, в то время как Россия изолирована, а ее экономика — в клочьях.“

„Лучший способ скрыть свое невежество — помолчать. Однако это не свойственно некоторым публичным людям. Результат один — они становятся предметом всеобщей насмешки.“

Источник: Барак Обама: экономика России «разорвана в клочья» http://kommersant.ru/doc/2650648 Коммерсантъ-Новости, 21.01.2014

„Самое главное в политике – не стать циником.“

„У меня больше не будет предвыборных кампаний. Я знаю это, потому что выиграл обе.“

„корр.: Что ваш брат знает про Россию?
— В доме родителей была русская кассета с каким-то идиотским фильмом, который он смотрел бесконечно. Потом на все вопросы Барак отвечал: «Ку!»“

Источник: Обама пригрозил республиканцам блокировать неугодные ему решения http://ru.reuters.com/article/topNews/idRUKBN0KU0NR20150121 Рейтерс, 21.01.2014

„Три месяца — целая жизнь в политике.“

Об Обаме

„Экономика не работает хорошо, когда немногие процветают за счет растущего среднего класса.“

„Перед выборами я стал действительно черным, как туча.“

„У нас есть консерваторы в голубых штатах и гей друзья в красных штатах. Есть патриоты, которые против войны в Ираке, а есть те, кто ее поддерживает…“

„Мы владеем интернетом. Наши компании его создали, развили и достигли такого уровня совершенства, что они не могут конкурировать с нами.“

„Нам не удастся легко и быстро выкопать самих себя из ямы, в которой мы находимся. Но Америка — сильная и выносливая страна, и я знаю, что мы добьемся успеха, если сможем оставить в стороне партийные пристрастия и политические разногласия и начать работать вместе как единая нация.“

Источник: http://www.cnews.ru/top/2015/02/17/barak_obama_internetom_vladeyut_ssha_592845

„Не продавайте себя задешево. Вы же сказочники нашего времени.“

Источник: Из выступления Обамы на первой после выборов пресс-конференции http://www.rosbalt.ru/2008/11/08/539792.html

„Я слишком публичен, по сравнению со мной Пэрис Хилтон — просто монашка-отшельница.“

„Мы по-прежнему больше, чем набор «красных» и «синих» штатов. Мы есть и всегда будем Соединенными Штатами Америки.“

„Недавно Маккейн назвал меня социалистом за то, что я хочу отменить сокращения налогов, введенные Бушем для богатейших американцев. К концу недели он будет обвинять меня в том, что я являюсь тайным коммунистом, потому что в детском саду я делился игрушками, делился своим бутербродом с ореховым маслом и вареньем.“

We remain more than a collection of red states and blue states. We are and forever will be the United States of America.

„Осторожнее с тем, что вы постите на Facebook. Что бы это ни было, это еще всплывет когда-нибудь в вашей жизни.“

Источник: Выступление Обамы на предвыборном митинге во Флориде http://www.rian.ru/world/20081030/154066061.html

„Политика стала такой ожесточенной и пристрастной, настолько пропитанной деньгами и влиянием, что мы не можем заняться серьезными проблемами, требующими решения. И это первое, что требуется изменить.“

„Если Вы идете верным путем и будете продолжать по нему идти, то в конечном счете добьетесь успеха.“

„Будучи против тех, кто представляет рынок единственным решением любых экономических проблем, мы начинаем мешать применению рыночных принципов и там, где это необходимо. Сопротивляясь усилению церкви, мы приравняли терпимость к почти полному исключению религии из жизни общества.“

„На восстановление экономики уйдут годы, а не месяцы.“

„…мы говорим вам сейчас, что наш дух сильнее и не может быть сломан, вы не в состоянии нас изжить, и мы вас победим“

Источник: citata.com.ua http://citata.com.ua/ru/politic/obama-priznal-chto-spad-v-ekonomike-ssha-prodolzhaetsja.html

„ИГИЛ является прямым наследником «Аль-Каиды» в Ираке, который вырос из нашего вторжения в эту страну.“

террористам

„Я уже раньше говорил, что считаю своей самой большой внешнеполитической ошибкой интервенцию в Ливии в составе международной коалиции. Страны НАТО поддержали повстанцев, которые вели борьбу с режимом Муаммара Каддафи, но не смогли вовремя обеспечить стабильность и оказать помощь в формировании нового правительства страны.“

Из интервью телеканалу "Vice News" 17 марта 2015 года.

„Соединенные Штаты никогда не будут в состоянии войны с исламом.“

О своих ошибках на посту главы государства

„Аннексия Крыма обернётся для России не выгодой, а большими потерями. <…> Путин принял это решение по поводу Крыма и Украины не в силу какого-то грандиозного стратегического плана, а потому что был внезапно захвачен протестами на Майдане и бегством Януковича.“

„И вообще, меня Обама поражает. Ещё совсем недавно чернокожие люди в Америке рабами были, а сегодня уже об исключительности какой-то заявляют.“

Источник: Обама розкритикував Путіна http://www.bbc.co.uk/ukrainian/news_in_brief/2015/02/150202_vs_obama_statements

“You got these $10,000-a-plate dinners and Golden Circles Clubs. I think when the average voter looks at that, they rightly feel they're locked out of the process. They can't attend a $10,000 breakfast and they know that those who can are going to get the kind of access they can't imagine.”

Александр Лукашенко, 2013 Об Обаме Источник: Esquire. Цитата дня. 03/10/2013. https://esquire.ru/quotes/03102013

Барак Обама: Цитаты на английском языке

“We’ll continue to help India deal with the impacts of climate change -- because you shouldn’t have to bear that burden alone. As we keep working for a strong global agreement on climate change, it's young people like you who have to speak up, so we can protect this planet for your generation. I'll be gone when the worst effects happen. It's your generation and your children that are going to be impacted.”

As quoted in "A Newcomer to the Business of Politics has Seen Enough to Reach Some Conclusions About Restoring Voters' Trust", by Joe Frolik, inThe Plain Dealer (3 August 1996)
1990s

“We will convey our deep appreciation for the Islamic faith, which has done so much over the centuries to shape the world – including in my own country. The United States has been enriched by Muslim Americans. Many other Americans have Muslims in their families or have lived in a Muslim-majority country – I know, because I am one of them.”

2015, Address to the People of India (January 2015)

“America, I believe we can build on the progress we've made and continue to fight for new jobs and new opportunity and new security for the middle class. I believe we can keep the promise of our founders, the idea that if you're willing to work hard, it doesn't matter who you are or where you come from or what you look like or where you love. It doesn't matter whether you're black or white or Hispanic or Asian or Native American or young or old or rich or poor, able, disabled, gay or straight, you can make it here in America if you're willing to try. I believe we can seize this future together because we are not as divided as our politics suggests. We're not as cynical as the pundits believe. We are greater than the sum of our individual ambitions, and we remain more than a collection of red states and blue states. We are and forever will be the United States of America. And together with your help and God's grace we will continue our journey forward and remind the world just why it is that we live in the greatest nation on Earth.”

Remarks by President Obama to the Turkish Parliament http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-By-President-Obama-To-The-Turkish-Parliament (April 6, 2009) 2009

“After I received the news, Malia walked in and said, "Daddy, you won the Nobel Peace Prize, and it is Bo's birthday!" And then Sasha added, "Plus, we have a three-day weekend coming up." So it's good to have kids to keep things in perspective.”

2012, Re-election Speech (November 2012)

“Well, let me be absolutely clear. I did not mean that I was going to be running for anything anytime soon. So, what I meant is that it’s important for me to take some time to process this amazing experience that we’ve gone through; to make sure that my wife, with whom I will be celebrating a 25th anniversary this year, is willing to re-up and put up with me for a little bit longer. […] But there’s a difference between that normal functioning of politics and certain issues or certain moments where I think our core values may be at stake. I put in that category if I saw systematic discrimination being ratified in some fashion. I put in that category explicit or functional obstacles to people being able to vote, to exercise their franchise. I’d put in that category institutional efforts to silence dissent or the press. And for me at least, I would put in that category efforts to roundup kids who have grown up here and for all practical purposes are American kids, and send them someplace else, when they love this country. They are our kids’ friends and their classmates, and are now entering into community colleges or in some cases serving in our military, that the notion that we would just arbitrarily or because of politics punish those kids, when they didn’t do anything wrong themselves, I think would be something that would merit me speaking out.”

2009 Источник: Remarks by the President on winning the Nobel Peace Prize (9 October 2009) http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-the-President-on-Winning-the-Nobel-Peace-Prize/

“Because for all the back and forth of Washington, we have to remember that this debate is about something bigger. It’s about who we are as a country, and who we want to be for future generations.
Are we a nation that tolerates the hypocrisy of a system where workers who pick our fruit and make our beds never have a chance to get right with the law? Or are we a nation that gives them a chance to make amends, take responsibility, and give their kids a better future?
Are we a nation that accepts the cruelty of ripping children from their parents’ arms? Or are we a nation that values families, and works together to keep them together?
Are we a nation that educates the world’s best and brightest in our universities, only to send them home to create businesses in countries that compete against us? Or are we a nation that encourages them to stay and create jobs here, create businesses here, create industries right here in America?
That’s what this debate is all about. We need more than politics as usual when it comes to immigration. We need reasoned, thoughtful, compassionate debate that focuses on our hopes, not our fears.”

Partial answers on the questions: "And what did you mean when you said you would come back? Would you lobby Congress? Maybe explore the political arena again?"
2017, Final News Conference as President (January 2017)

“In this tree of humanity, with all of our branches and diversity, we all go back to the same root. We’re all one family -- we're all one tribe. And yet so much of the suffering in our world stems from our failure to remember that -- to not recognize ourselves in each other. We think because somebody’s skin is slightly different, or their hair is slightly different, or their religious faith is differently expressed, or they speak a different language that it justifies somehow us treating them with less dignity. And that becomes the source of so many of our problems. And we think somehow that we make ourselves better by putting other people down. And that becomes the source of so many of our problems. When we begin to see other as somehow less than ourselves -- when we succumb to these artificial divisions of faith or sect or tribe or ethnicity -- then even the most awful abuses are justified in the minds of those who are thinking in those ways. And in the end, abusers lose their own humanity, as well.”

2014, Address to the Nation on Immigration (November 2014)

“Throughout its history, Israel has been anxious to make peace with its Arab neighbors. If successful, the current peace process is a potential opportunity for Israel to increase its security, normalize relations with its neighbors, and create a more stable and prosperous Middle East. Resolution of the conflict depends on direct negotiations between the parties based on mutual respect and recognition. The United States’ commitment to Israel must continue so Israel can negotiate with its former and current adversaries from a position of strength… Israel can take risks for peace only because of unwavering American support.”

2015, Remarks to the People of Africa (July 2015)

“Lord — Protect my family and me. Forgive me my sins, and help me guard against pride and despair. Give me the wisdom to do what is right and just. And make me an instrument of your will.”

CityPAC Questionnaire, 2000 Congressional Primary http://www.democrats.org/page/speakout/unfit 2000-03

“To all of you who served in Iraq, we saw your heroism in pushing out a dictator whose brutality must be condemned, never praised. In defeating an insurgency. In giving the Iraqi people a chance. And no matter what has happened since, your valor in the deserts, in fierce urban combat, will be honored in the annals of military history.”

Note slipped into the Western Wall in Jerusalem (24 July 2008) http://www.mercurynews.com/nationworld/ci_9994539 2008

“Now, what I do reject is when folks just sit on the sidelines and they're rooting for failure — whether it's on health care or energy or the economy — or the Olympics. [.. ] What I reject is when scoring political points is so important that you'd rather see failure. What I reject is when some folks want to go to the policies that helped get us into this mess in the first place — as if we don't remember. [.. ] We don't mind cleaning up the mess that was left for us. We're busy, we got our mops, we're, you know, mopping the floor here. But I don't want the folks who made the mess to just sit there and say, you're not mopping fast enough. I don't — I don't want them saying, you're not holding the mop the right way, or, that's a socialist mop. I want them to grab a mop. Grab a mop. Grab a mop — or a broom or something. Make yourself useful.”

2016, Disabled American Veterans Convention (August 2016)

“[W]e were inspired by the fierce dignity of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, as she proved that no human being can truly be imprisoned if hope burns in your heart.”

Remarks at Chris Dodd fundraiser in Stamford, CT. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704224004574489530713762884.html 2009

“The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even in one term. But, America, I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there.
I promise you, we as a people will get there.”

2012, Yangon University Speech (November 2012)

“We said from the start that it was going to be important for us to be consistent in saying to people if you can have your — if you want to keep the health insurance you got, you can keep it, that you're not going to have anybody getting in between you and your doctor in your decision making. And I think that some of the provisions that got snuck in might have violated that pledge.”

2008, Election victory speech (November 2008)

“Now that we're 18 days before the election, Mr. Severely Conservative wants you to think he was severely kidding about everything he said over the last year. He told folks he was the ideal candidate for the Tea Party, now he's telling folks, "What? Who me?" He's forgetting what his own positions are. And he's betting that you will too. I mean, he's changing up so much and backtrackin' and sidesteppin'. We've gotta name this condition that he's going though. I think it's called Romnesia. That's what it's called. I think that's what he's goin' through. Now, I'm not a medical doctor, but I do wanna go over some of the symptoms with you, because I wanna make sure nobody else catches it.You know, if you say you're for equal pay for equal work, but you keep refusing to say whether or not you'd sign a bill that protects equal pay for equal work, you might have Romnesia.If you say women should have access to contraceptive care, but you support legislation that would let your employer deny you contraceptive care, you might have a case of Romnesia.If you say you'll protect a woman's right to choose, but you stand up in a primary debate and say that you'd be delighted to sign a law outlying — outlawing that right to choose in all cases — man, you definitely got Romnesia.Now, this extends to other issues. If you say earlier in the year, "I'm gonna give a tax cut to the top 1%", and in a debate you say, "I don't know anything about giving tax cuts to rich folks", you need to get a thermometer, take your temperature, because you've probably got Romnesia.If you say that you're a champion of the coal industry when, while you were governor, you stood in front of a coal plant and said "This plant will kill you" —[audience: Romnesia! ] that's some Romnesia.And if you come down with a case of Romnesia and you can't seem to remember the policies that are still on your website, or the promises you've made over the six years you've been running for President, here's the good news: Obamacare covers pre-existing conditions. We can fix you up.. We've got a cure. We can make you well, Virginia. This is a curable disease.”

Meeting with House Republicans, (January 2010) http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2440324/posts 2010

“Our challenges may be new. The instruments with which we meet them may be new. But those values upon which our success depends — hard work and honesty, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism — these things are old. These things are true. They have been the quiet force of progress throughout our history. What is demanded then is a return to these truths. What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility — a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation, and the world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character, than giving our all to a difficult task.”

Campaign rally http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/10/19/remarks-president-campaign-event-fairfax-va, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, 2012

“And as I’ve said elsewhere, a free press helps make a nation stronger and more successful, and it makes us leaders more effective because it demands greater accountability.”

2009, First Inaugural Address (January 2009)

“And finally, rising inequality and declining mobility are bad for our democracy. Ordinary folks can’t write massive campaign checks or hire high-priced lobbyists and lawyers to secure policies that tilt the playing field in their favor at everyone else’s expense. And so people get the bad taste that the system is rigged, and that increases cynicism and polarization, and it decreases the political participation that is a requisite part of our system of self-government.”

Remarks by President Obama and President Kenyatta of Kenya in a Press Conference at Kenyan State House in Nairobi, Kenya (July 25, 2015) https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/07/25/remarks-president-obama-and-president-kenyatta-kenya-press-conference 2015

“I have come here to Cairo to seek a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world; one based upon mutual interest and mutual respect; and one based upon the truth that America and Islam are not exclusive, and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles - principles of justice and progress; tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.”

2013, Remarks on Economic Mobility (December 2013)

“These voices blame the Middle East's only democracy for the region's extremism. They offer the false promise that abandoning a stalwart ally is somehow the path to strength. It is not, it never has been, and it never will be.”

2009, A New Beginning (June 2009)

“And every business can take action. All the business leaders who are here and our global economy companies have a responsibility to make sure that their supply chains, stretching into the far corners of the globe, are free of forced labor. […] Every faith community can take action as well, by educating their congregations, by joining in coalitions that are bound by a love of God and a concern for the oppressed. And like that Good Samaritan on the road to Jericho, we can’t just pass by, indifferent. We’ve got to be moved by compassion. We’ve got to bind up the wounds. Let’s come together around a simple truth -- that we are our brother’s keepers and we are our sister’s keepers. And finally, every citizen can take action: by learning more; by going to the website that we helped create -- SlaveryFootprint. org; by speaking up and insisting that the clothes we wear, the food we eat, the products we buy are made free of forced labor; by standing up against the degradation and abuse of women.”

Speech at AIPAC Policy Conference (4 June 2008) http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91150432&ft=1&f=1102 2008

“I hope you guys are up for a fight. I hope you guys are game because I haven’t been putting up with 19 months of airplanes and hotel food and missing my babies and my wife — I didn’t put up for that stuff just to come in second.”

2012, Remarks at Clinton Global Initiative (September 2012)

“And that kind of economic growth, where everybody has opportunity -- if you work hard, you can succeed -- that's what gets a nation moving rapidly when it comes to develop. But that kind of growth can only be created if corruption is left behind. For investment to lead to opportunity, reform must promote budgets that are transparent and industry that is privately owned.”

To supporters at a fund-raising party at Jon Bon Jovi's mansion in Duryea, Pennsylvania, (5 September 2008) "Obama: 'I Don't Believe in Coming in Second'" by Jeff Zeleny (6 September 2008) http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/06/obama-i-dont-believe-in-coming-in-second/ 2008

“John Kerry believes in an America where hard work is rewarded.”

2012, Yangon University Speech (November 2012)

“And if there is one thing that he and this year’s anniversary should teach us, if there’s one lesson I hope that Malia and Sasha and young people everywhere learn from this day, it’s that with enough effort, and enough empathy, and enough perseverance, and enough courage, people who love their country can change it.”

2004, Democratic National Convention speech (July 2004)

“I know you didn't do this for me. You did this—you did this because you believed so deeply in the most American of ideas—that in the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.”

Remarks by the President at LBJ Presidential Library Civil Rights Summit at Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas on April 10, 2014. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/04/10/remarks-president-lbj-presidential-library-civil-rights-summit 2014

“And, finally, our nations are strongest when we empower our young people –- because ultimately, you're the one who has to break down these old stereotypes and these old barriers, these old ways of thinking. Prejudices and stereotypes and assumptions -- those are what happens to old minds like mine. I'm getting gray hair now. I was more youthful when I first started this office. And that’s why young people are so important in these efforts.”

Iowa Caucus Victory Speech, Delivered at the Iowa Democratic caucus on 3 January 2008 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNZaq-YKCnE 2008

“The truth is, being an American is hard. Being part of a democratic government is hard. Being a citizen is hard. It is a challenge. It’s supposed to be. There’s no respite from our ideals. All of us are called to live up to our expectations for ourselves -- not just when it’s convenient, but when it’s inconvenient. When it’s tough. When we’re afraid. The tension throughout our history between welcoming or rejecting the stranger, it’s about more than just immigration. It’s about the meaning of America, what kind of country do we want to be. It’s about the capacity of each generation to honor the creed as old as our founding: “E Pluribus Unum” -- that out of many, we are one.”

2015, Address to the People of India (January 2015)