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)

Barack Obama Quote 106

And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to suffering outside our borders; nor can we consume the world's resources without regard to effect. For the world has changed, and we must change with it.
- President Barack Obama (Inauguration Speech)

Barack Obama Quote 105

What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility - a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation, and the world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character, than giving our all to a difficult task.
- President Barack Obama (Inauguration Speech)

Barack Obama Quote 104

For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness.
- President Barack Obama (Inauguration Speech)

Barack Obama Quote 103

The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choose our better history; to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to generation: the God-given promise that all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness.
- President Barack Obama (Inauguration Speech)

Barack Obama Quote 102

Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some, but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age.
- President Barack Obama (Inauguration Speech)

Barack Obama Quote 101

Now, there are some who question the scale of our ambitions - who suggest that our system cannot tolerate too many big plans. Their memories are short. For they have forgotten what this country has already done; what free men and women can achieve when imagination is joined to common purpose, and necessity to courage.
- President Barack Obama (Inauguration Speech)

Barack Obama Quote 100

Time and again these men and women struggled and sacrificed and worked till their hands were raw so that we might live a better life.
- President Barack Obama (Inauguration Speech)

Barack Obama Quote 99

On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.
- President Barack Obama (Inauguration Speech)

Barack Obama Quote 98

We will not apologize for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defense
- President Barack Obama (Inauguration Speech)

Barack Obama Quote 97

In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given. It must be earned.
- President Barack Obama (Inauguration Speech)

Barack Obama Quote 96

With hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may come.
- President Barack Obama (Inauguration Speech)

Barack Obama Quote 95

And we will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age.
- President Barack Obama (Inauguration Speech)

Barack Obama Quote 94

We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories.
- President Barack Obama (Inauguration Speech)

Barack Obama Quote 93

I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors.
- President Barack Obama (Inauguration Speech)

Barack Obama Quote 92

It is the kindness to take in a stranger when the levees break, the selflessness of workers who would rather cut their hours than see a friend lose their job which sees us through our darkest hours. It is the firefighter's courage to storm a stairway filled with smoke, but also a parent's willingness to nurture a child, that finally decides our fate.
- President Barack Obama (Inauguration Speech)

Barack Obama Quote 91

Our journey has never been one of short-cuts or settling for less. It has not been the path for the faint-hearted - for those who prefer leisure over work, or seek only the pleasures of riches and fame. Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things.
- President Barack Obama (Inauguration Speech)