Obama, Barack: As a president, you are essentially a relay swimmer in a river full of rapids, and that river is history. (Barack Obama: U.S. politician who served as the 44th President of the United States, the first African American to assume the presidency, Born 1961) Categories: HISTORY

Obama, Barack: Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. . . . We are the change that we seek. (Barack Obama: U.S. politician who served as the 44th President of the United States, the first African American to assume the presidency, Born 1961) Categories: CHANGE AGENTS

Obama, Barack: Everybody know that politics is a contact sport. (Barack Obama: U.S. politician who served as the 44th President of the United States, the first African American to assume the presidency, Born 1961) Categories: POLITICS

Obama, Barack: Everyone can hear you when you vote. (Barack Obama: U.S. politician who served as the 44th President of the United States, the first African American to assume the presidency, Born 1961) Categories: POLITICS, VOTING

Obama, Barack: No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love. (Barack Obama: U.S. politician who served as the 44th President of the United States, the first African American to assume the presidency, Born 1961) Categories: HATRED, LOVE

Obama, Barack: Progress is bumpy. It always has been. (Barack Obama: U.S. politician who served as the 44th President of the United States, the first African American to assume the presidency, Born 1961) Categories: PROGRESS

Obama, Barack: The audacity of hope! In the end, that is God’s greatest gift to us. (Barack Obama: U.S. politician who served as the 44th President of the United States, the first African American to assume the presidency, Born 1961) Categories: HOPE

Obama, Barack: We're entering an era in which our enemies can make anyone say anything at any point in time. (Barack Obama: U.S. politician who served as the 44th President of the United States, the first African American to assume the presidency, Born 1961) Categories: MEDIA

Obama, Barack: What Washington needs is adult supervision. (Barack Obama: U.S. politician who served as the 44th President of the United States, the first African American to assume the presidency, Born 1961) Categories: POLITICS (U.S.A.)

Obama, Barack: When all Americans are treated as equal, all are free. (Barack Obama: U.S. politician who served as the 44th President of the United States, the first African American to assume the presidency, Born 1961) Categories: EQUALITY, EQUITY, LAW (U.S.A.)

Obama, Barack: You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig. (Barack Obama: U.S. politician who served as the 44th President of the United States, the first African American to assume the presidency, Born 1961) Categories: APPEARANCE, CHARACTER