His great commitment to civil rights, idealistic thoughts, and charmingly good looks helped make his Senate Campaign
and in 2004 Obama was elected to the U.S. Senate as a Democrat, representing Illinois, and he gained national attention by giving a
rousing and well-received keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention in Boston. In 2008 he ran for President, and despite
having only four years of national political experience, he won. In January 2009, he was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States,
and the first African-American ever elected to that position.
(1961 - )
A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence;
or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say, 'Huh. It works. It makes sense.'
~ Barack Obama
You will not see any of your taxes increase one single dime.
~ Barack Obama
I think when you spread the wealth around it's good for everybody.
~ Barack Obama
We worship an awesome God in the Blue States, and we don't like federal agents poking around
our libraries in the Red States. We coach Little League in the Blue States and have gay friends in the Red States.
~ Barack Obama
In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?
~ Barack Obama
We have real enemies in the world. These enemies must be found. They must be pursued and they must be defeated.
~ Barack Obama
I think it is important for Europe to understand that even though I am president and George Bush is not president, Al Qaeda is still a threat.
~ Barack Obama
What do you think a stimulus is? It's spending - that's the whole point! Seriously.
~ Barack Obama
I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and
I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying.
~ Barack Obama
We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees
at all times... and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK. That's not leadership. That's not going to happen.
~ Barack Obama
We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.
~ Barack Obama
My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation.
They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success.
~ Barack Obama
You know, my faith is one that admits some doubt.
~ Barack Obama
Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and the war on terrorism have reduced the pace of military
transformation and have revealed our lack of preparation for defensive and stability operations. This Administration has overextended our military.
~ Barack Obama
John Kerry believes in an America where hard work is rewarded.
~ Barack Obama
Why can't I just eat my waffle?
~ Barack Obama
Everyone should try to realize their full potential.
~ Barack Obama
One of the great strengths of the United States is... we have a very large Christian population - we do not consider
ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values.
~ Barack Obama
I cannot swallow whole the view of Lincoln as the Great Emancipator.
~ Barack Obama
I don't care whether you're driving a hybrid or an SUV. If you're headed for a
cliff, you have to change direction. That's what the American people called for in November, and that's what we intend to deliver.
~ Barack Obama
America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition.
Instead, they overlap, and share common principles of justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.
~ Barack Obama
Poorly secured nuclear material in the former Soviet Union, or secrets from a scientist in Pakistan could help build a bomb that detonates in Paris.
The poppies in Afghanistan become the heroin in Berlin. The poverty and violence in Somalia breeds the terror of tomorrow.
~ Barack Obama
Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little
of yourself. Because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.
~ Barack Obama
What Washington needs is adult supervision.
~ Barack Obama
We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security
objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.
~ Barack Obama
He was the thirty-fifth president of the United States. He was the first president to reach for the moon, through the nation's
space programs. He also was the first president since Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) with whom youth could identify. He made
the nation see itself with new eyes.
On November 22, 1963, when he was hardly past his first thousand days in office, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was killed by an
assassin's bullets as his motorcade wound through Dallas, Texas. Kennedy was the youngest man elected President; he was the youngest to die.
His assassination shocked the world.
(1917 - 1963)
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
~ Carl Sagan
The difference between what the most and the least learned people
know is inexpressibly trivial in relation to that which is unknown.
~ Albert Einstein
Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure Science.
~ Edwin Hubble
