"I know that gaps can be closed...." - Quote by Barack Obama

“There is nothing wrong with our country, there is something wrong with our politics...When this country is operating off a common ground, nobody can stop us. But when we're divided, then we end up having a whole lot of self-inflicted problems.”

“When I read history, I [see] what typically happens to presidents and the other party during tumultuous times and how people react when the economy is collapsing and they're losing their homes, losing their pensions - it sort of tracks, what ended up happening, because some of that is human nature.”

“All of these different strands in me - the black, the white, the African - all of that has contributed directly to my success because when I meet people, I see a piece of myself in them. And maybe they see a piece of themselves in me.”

“All big things in human history have been arrived at slowly and through many compromises.”

“Invention, using the term most broadly, and imitation, are the two legs, so to call them, on which the human race historically has walked.”

“A climb of eight hundred feet starts where the foot stands.”

“...passing swiftly on toward further darknesses, but moving also toward a new sun.”

“Imagine the possibilities!”

“Well, you can go on looking forward," said Gandalf. "There may be many unexpected feasts ahead of you.”