Barack Obama Quotes About Life

• It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen; by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the very first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different, that their voice could be that difference.

  Barack Obama

  Life, School, Voice

  President-Elect Victory Speech, delivered 4 November 2008, Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois

• People don't expect government to solve all their problems. But they sense, deep in their bones, that with just a slight change in priorities, we can make sure that every child in America has a decent shot at life, and that the doors of opportunity remain open to all. They know we can do better.

  Barack Obama

  Life, Children, Opportunity

  2004 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, delivered 27 July 2004, Fleet Center, Boston

• No one is pro-abortion.

  Barack Obama

  Life, Choices, Abortion

• We've got to be able to distinguish between dangerous individuals who need to be incapacitated and incarcerated versus young people who are in an environment in which they are adapting, but if given different opportunities, a different vision of life, could be thriving the way we are. That's what strikes me. There but for the grace of God. And that, I think, is something that we all have to think about.

  Barack Obama

  Life, Opportunity, Thinking

  "The War on Drugs is a War on Minorities: Former El Reno Prison Inmate Freed by Obama Speaks Out". "Democracy Now!" with Juan Gonzalez and Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. July 17, 2015.

• Jesus lived a life of peace, love, kindness and forgiveness, during the hustle and bustle of the Christmas season, may we all do our best to follow his example.

  Barack Obama

  Love, Life, Forgiveness

• All the strands of my life came together and I really became a man when I moved to Chicago.

  Barack Obama

  Life, Men, Together

  "Barack Obama says presidential library will be sited on Chicago's South Side" by Ben Jacobs, www.theguardian.com. May 12, 2015.

• As the United States begins a new chapter in our relationship with Cuba, we hope it will create an environment that improves the lives of the Cuban people, not because it is imposed by us, the United States, but through the talent and ingenuity and aspirations, and the conversations among Cubans from all walks of life so they can decide what the best course is for their prosperity.

  Barack Obama

  Life, People, United States

  "Barack Obama and Raúl Castro's handshake captured by cameras" by Jonathan Watts, www.theguardian.com. April 10, 2015.

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