"As president of the United States, I..." - Quote by Barack Obama

“If it's on Facebook, it all looks the same.”

“Elections matter and voting counts.”

“Does that mean that all vestiges of past discrimination would be eliminated, that the income gap or the wealth gap or the education gap [between Afro-Americans and white] would be erased in five years or 10 years? Probably not, and so this is obviously a discussion we've had before when you talk about something like reparations.”

“The group will not prosper if the leader grabs the lion's share of the credit for the good work that has been done.”

“The manager is a servant. His master is the institution he manages and his first responsibility must therefore be to it.”

“Leaders must not be naive. I used to say, "Liars shouldn't lie." What a sad waste of words that is! I found out liars are supposed to lie. That's why we call them liars - they lie! What else would you expect them to do?”

“No labour is too mean for one who wants to earn an honest penny.”

“If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.”

“I pray my companion, if he wishes for bread, to ask me for bread, and if he wishes for sassafras or arsenic, to ask me for them, and not to hold out his plate, as if I knew already.”