"There are places I want to visit..." - Quote by Barack Obama

“We live in a complex world and at a challenging time.”

“One of the things I think I can bring to the presidency is to make government and public service cool again.”

“It may be something that future generations are more open to, but I am pretty confident that for the foreseeable future, using the argument of nondiscrimination, and "Let's get it right for the kids who are here right now," and giving them the best chance possible, is going to be a more persuasive argument.”

“In the past it never occurred to me that every casual remark of mine would be snatched up and recorded. Otherwise I would have crept further into my shell.”

“Deal in our privacy with the last honesty and truth.”

“A career is born in public - talent in privacy.”

“The fame of great men ought to be judged always by their big, fancy names.”

“How many after being celebrated by fame have been given up to oblivion; and how many who have celebrated the fame of others have long been dead.”

“Scott's Eastwood movie Snowden sounds fascinating. I want to see it because it's about deserting your country ... for whatever reasons you have. Edward Snowden became famous for the wrong reasons, as Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger became famous for doing something spectacular.”