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Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States of America from 2009 to 2017. Born in Hawaii, the son of a Kenyan father and a mother from Kansas, he won the 2008 presidential election and was re-elected president in November 2012.

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Also known as: Barack H. Obama II, Barack Hussein Obama, Barack Hussein Obama II, Barrack Obama, Barry Obama, First inauguration of Barack Obama

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Peace with justice means extending a hand to those who reach for freedom, wherever they live.

Brandenburg Gate Speech (2013)

We won’t have a president that threatens people with jail for just criticizing him

If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help.

I’m not denouncing the church, and I’m not interested in people who want me to denounce the church. It’s not a church worthy of denouncing.

I am not in favor of concealed weapons. I think that creates a potential atmosphere where more innocent people could (get shot during) altercations.

Markets will rise and fall, but this is the United States of America. No matter what some agency may say, we've always been and always will be a AAA country.

Remarks on the economy (2011)

And so this visit, this hallowed ground, reminds us that we must never, ever take our progress for granted. We must commit perennially to peace, which binds us across oceans.

No development strategy can be based only upon what comes out of the ground, nor can it be sustained while young people are out of work.

A New Beginning (2009)

A free press helps make a nation stronger and more successful, and it makes [...] leaders more effective because it demands greater accountability.

That’s where courage comes from -- when we turn not from each other, or on each other, but towards one another, and we find that we do not walk alone. That’s where courage comes from.

Let Freedom Ring" Ceremony (2013)

The path of grace involves an open mind -- but, more importantly, an open heart. [...] If we can find that grace, anything is possible. If we can tap that grace, everything can change.

I believe in the principle of treating people equally under the law, and that they are deserving of equal protection under the law and that the state should not discriminate against people based on their sexual orientation.

It is easy to get to a higher number when you are not asking anything difficult from yourself.

Remarks on the economy (2011)

If there’s one goal of this conference, it’s to dispel the myth that bullying is just a harmless rite of passage or an inevitable part of growing up.

There is no greater nobility than offering one’s life to the nation and, Mr. President, your father offered his life so that this nation might be free.

I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism.

Peace is not merely the absence of visible conflict. Only a just peace based on the inherent rights and dignity of every individual can truly be lasting.

Nobel Prize acceptance speech (2009)

These rituals remind us of the principles that we hold in common, and Islam’s role in advancing justice, progress, tolerance, and the dignity of all human beings.

Don't tell us that the only way to teach a child is to spend too much of a year preparing him to fill out a few bubbles on a standardized test; we know that's not true.

I’d like to update the American people on the international effort that we have led in Libya — what we’ve done, what we plan to do, and why this matters to us.

Address on interventions in Libya (2011)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Barack Obama (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.