"We honor those who walked so we..." - Quote by Barack Obama

“Just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail.”

“Nobody is listening to your telephone calls.”

“After my election there was talk of a postracial America. And such a vision, however well intended, was never realistic.”

“Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die. And it is youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow and the triumphs that are the aftermath of war.”

“We are a nation of politicians, concerned about the outmost defenses only of freedom. It is our children's children who may perchance be really free.”

“It is to them I look, to the rising generation, and not to the one now in power, for these great reformations i.e., emancipation of slaves and settlement of the Virginia constitution on a firmer and more permanent basis.”

“But the wise know that foolish legislation is a rope of sand, which perishes in the twisting; that the State must follow, and notlead the character and progress of the citizen; the strongest usurper is quickly got rid of; and they only who build on Ideas, build for eternity; and that the form of government which prevails, is the expression of what cultivation exists in the population which permits it.”

“America, now is not the time for small plans.”

“Dare to dream big dreams. For those are the dreams that have the power to push your whole world forward.”