"I think that there's gonna be a..." - Quote by Barack Obama

“The point I was making was not that Grandmother harbors any racial animosity. She doesn't. But she is a typical white person.”

“There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as president. And we know the government can't solve every problem. But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And, above all, I will ask you to join in the work of remaking this nation, the only way it's been done in America for 221 years -- block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.”

“Many of you know that I got my name, Barack, from my father. What you may not know is Barack is actually Swahili for 'That One.' And I got my middle name from somebody who obviously didn't think I'd ever run for president.”

“... I suppose that it is not so easy to go home and it takes a bit of time to make a son out of a stranger.”

“A tempest ceases, a cyclone passes over, a wind dies down, a broken mast can be replaced, a leak can be stopped, a fire extinguished, but what will become of this enormous brute of bronze?”

“You have the ability and gifts to do whatever you want". It is your turn now to change the world. Yes we can!”

“Every sailor knows that you can't sail a ship that isn't moving forward, strong leaders understand that to change direction, you first have to create forward progress.”

“The road to success is always under construction. It is a progressive course, not an end to be reached.”

“Even the longest journey must begin where you stand.”