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)

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)

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)

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, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite. (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)