Barack Obama Quote 111

They understood that our power alone cannot protect us, nor does it entitle us to do as we please.
- President Barack Obama (Inauguration Speech)

Barack Obama Quote 110

Recall that earlier generations faced down fascism and communism not just with missiles and tanks, but with sturdy alliances and enduring convictions.
- President Barack Obama (Inauguration Speech)

Barack Obama Quote 109

What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them - that the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer apply.
- President Barack Obama (Inauguration Speech)

Barack Obama Quote 108

They saw America as bigger than the sum of our individual ambitions; greater than all the differences of birth or wealth or faction.
- President Barack Obama (Inauguration Speech)

Barack Obama Quote 107

This is the source of our confidence - the knowledge that God calls on us to shape an uncertain destiny.
- President Barack Obama (Inauguration Speech)