Barack Obama's Top 20 Quotes
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One of the best ways to distill a person's viewpoint is by the quality of his quotes.
Barack Obama's quotes are pithy and vivid. He doesn't just talk , he shows us his views . This is why he is one of the great political communicators of the 2000s.
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Top 20 Barack Obama Quotes
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"I'm in this race not just to hold an office, but to gather with you to transform a nation."
Barack Obama quote from his February 10, 2007 Presidential announcement.
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"This campaign can't only be about me...It must be about what we can do together."
Barack Obama quote from his February 10, 2007 Presidential announcement.
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"In the face of impossible odds, people who love their country can change it."
Barack Obama quote from his February 10, 2007 Presidential announcement.
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"I inhaled. That was the point."
Spoken by Barack Obama during a stop on his "Audacity of Hope" book tour, October 2006
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"There's not a liberal America and a conservative America; there's the United States of America."
Senator Barack Obama lit up the 2004 democratic convention with this quote. Cherish the memory.
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"We've got a story to tell that isn't just against something but is for something."
Barack Obama quote spoken at the Annual 2006 "Take Back America Conference" on June 14, 2006
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"We're not going to baby sit a civil war."
Barack Obama quote spoken on NBC's Today Show on January 11, 2007
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"Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?"
Barack Obama quote from his speech at 2004 Democratic National Convention on July 2004 at the Fleet Center, Boston.
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"No one is pro-abortion."
Barack Obama quote from his speech at Benedictine University on October 5, 2004.
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"My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington."
Barack Obama has spoken the sentiment at an array of events including the Oprah Winfrey Show during his "Audacity of Hope" book tour on October 18, 2006.
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"Let us recognize what unites us across borders and build on the strength of this blessed country. Let us embrace our history and our legacy."
This Barack Obama quote is from his speech at at the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, July 12, 2004.
"I'm so overexposed, I'm making Paris Hilton look like a recluse."
Barack Obama quote spoken during his remarks at the Washington's Gridiron Club dinner, December 2004.
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"I don't oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war."
A quote from Barack Obama's speech at an anti-Iraq war rally in Chicago, October 26, 2002. Note he expressed this sentiment just after the invasion of Iraq and years before other political heavyweight would agree about Bush's Iraq policy.
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"This is our time and I'm grateful to be a part of that."
Barack Obama quote from a Democratic fundraiser in Manchester, New Hampshire, December 12, 2006.
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"If we aren't willing to pay a price for our values, if we aren't willing to make some sacrifices in order to realize them, then we should ask ourselves whether we truly believe in them at all."
A Barack Obama quote from his book, "Audacity of Hope" (Chapter 2)
"Abraham Lincoln served two years in the U.S. House, and he seemed to do all right." Obama did NOT say this quote, Newt Gingrich did in support of Barack Obama despite his (perceived) lack of experience. Source: Meet The Press, December 17, 2006
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Over the years you can only imagine all the different ways Barack Obama's name has been typed. Here is a sampling for his first name: Barac, Barach, Baracks, Barak, Baraka, Barrack, Barrak, Berack, Borack, Borak, Brack, Brach, Brock even, Rocco. There are just as many for his last name: Abama, Bama, Bamma, Obma, Obamas, Obamma, Obana, Obamo, Obbama, Oboma, Obomba, Obombma, Obomha, Oblama, Omaba, and (ready for this?) Ohama.
Over the years you can only imagine all the different ways Barack Obama's name has been typed. Here is a sampling for his first name: Barac, Barach, Baracks, Barak, Baraka, Barrack, Barrak, Berack, Borack, Borak, Brack, Brach, Brock even, Rocco. There are just as many for his last name: Abama, Bama, Bamma, Obma, Obamas, Obamma, Obana, Obamo, Obbama, Oboma, Obomba, Obombma, Obomha, Oblama, Omaba, and (ready for this?) Ohama.
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