Barack Obama Quotes About Religion

• And I will do everything that I can as long as I am President of the United States to remind the American people that we are one nation under God, and we may call that God different names but we remain one nation.

  Barack Obama

  God, Names, Long

  "The Limits of Religious Tolerance". Interview with Bob Abernethy, www.pbs.org. September 10, 2010.

• 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

  America, Justice, Mind Blowing

  A New Beginning: Speech at Cairo University, delivered 4 June 2009, Cairo, Egypt

• I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.

  Barack Obama

  Responsibility, Fighting, Mind Blowing

  A New Beginning: Speech at Cairo University, delivered 4 June 2009, Cairo, Egypt

• Secularists are wrong when they ask believers to leave their religion at the door before entering into the public square. Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, Williams Jennings Bryan, Dorothy Day, Martin Luther King - indeed, the majority of great reformers in American history - were not only motivated by faith, but repeatedly used religious language to argue for their cause. To say that men and women should not inject their "personal morality" into public policy debates is a practical absurdity.

  Barack Obama

  Religious, Kings, Men

  "Leith Anderson, Russell Moore, Other Faith Leaders Ask Obama to Reject Gov't Report Saying Religious Freedom Is Code for Discrimination" by Anugrah Kumar, www.christianpost.com. October 12, 2016.

• Now let's make two things clear: ISIL is not 'Islamic.' No religion condones the killing of innocents, and the vast majority of ISIL's victims have been Muslim. And ISIL is certainly not a state. It was formerly al Qaeda's affiliate in Iraq, and has taken advantage of sectarian strife and Syria's civil war to gain territory on both sides of the Iraq-Syrian border. It is recognized by no government, nor the people it subjugates. ISIL is a terrorist organization, pure and simple. And it has no vision other than the slaughter of all who stand in its way.

  Barack Obama

  Leadership, War, Taken

  "Is It ISIS or ISIL? That Depends On Who You're Asking". Interview with Arun Rath, wvik.org. September 14, 2014.

• Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns into universal, rather than religion-specific, values.

  Barack Obama

  Religion, Democracy, Demand

  Barack Obama (2009). “Barack Obama: Speeches on the Road to the White House”

• We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus, and nonbelievers.

  Barack Obama

  Christian, Religion, Jew

  First Presidential Inaugural Address, Delivered 20 January 2009

• Their [the evangelicals'] success also points to a hunger for the product they are selling, a hunger that goes beyond any particular issue or cause... They need an assurance that somebody out there cares about them, is listening to them.

  Barack Obama

  Issues, Listening, Religion

  "The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream". Book by Barack Obama, content.time.com. October 17, 2006.

• We reject all efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others.

  Barack Obama

  Religious, Effort, Religion

  Barack Obama's speech following attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, www.foxnews.com. September 12, 2012.

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