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Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American retired politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African American to serve as president. Obama represented Illinois in the United States Senate from 2005 to 2008 and served as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.

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Quotes from Barack Obama

One voice can change a room, and if one voice can change a room, then it can change a city, and if it can change a city, it can change a state, and if it change a state, it can change a nation, and if it can change a nation, it can change the world. Your voice can change the world.

—Barack Obama

If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.

—Barack Obama

I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to. It belongs to you. It belongs to you. I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn't start with much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington. It began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston. It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give $5 and $10 and $20 to the cause.

—Barack Obama

It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation./ Yes we can./ It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail towards freedom through the darkest of nights./ Yes we can./ It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores and pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness./ Yes we can./

—Barack Obama

In this new, hyper competitive age, none of us, none of us can afford to be complacent.

—Barack Obama

The elevation of appearance over substance, of celebrity over character, of short term gains over lasting achievement displays a poverty of ambition. It distracts you from what's truly important.

—Barack Obama