"I'm no longer just a candidate. I'm..." - Quote by Barack Obama
I'm no longer just a candidate. I'm the President. I know what it means to send young Americans into battle, for I have held in my arms the mothers and fathers of those who didn't return. I've shared the pain of families who've lost their homes, and the frustration of workers who've lost their jobs.
More by Barack Obama
“As long as I'm president of the United States Iran will not get a nuclear weapon. I made that clear when I came into office.”
“We long for unity, but are unwilling to pay the price. But of course, true unity cannot be so easily won. It starts with a change in attitudes - a broadening of our minds, and a broadening of our hearts.”
“My second piece of advice is to stay global. As the world continues to change and we become more connected to each other, globalization will bring both benefits and disruptions to our lives. But either way, it's here, and it's not going away.”
More on Presidency
“You know, one of the things I think you understand as president is you're held responsible for everything, but you don't always have control of everything, right?”
“Above all, our freedom endures because of the men and women in uniform who defend it.”
“No President has ever enjoyed himself as much as I?”
More on Responsibility
“You gotta make a change. Its time for us as a people to start making some changes, lets change the way we eat, lets change the way we live, and lets change the way we treat each other. You see the old way wasn't working so its on us, to do what we gotta do to survive.”
“All too many of those who live in affluent America ignore those who exist in poor America; in doing so, the affluent Americans will eventually have to face themselves with the question that Eichman chose to ignore: How responsible am I for the well-being of my fellows?”
“Our children and grandchildren are not merely statistics towards which we can be indifferent.”