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“We are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America.” -BO

“It’s time to fundamentally change the way that we do business in Washington. To help build a new foundation for the 21st century, we need to reform our government so that it is more efficient, more transparent, and more creative. That will demand new thinking and a new sense of responsibility for every dollar that is spent. “
BO

(fundamentally adv - in a way that affects the basis or essentials)

“America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles of justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings. “
BO

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” BO

“I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.” BO
“I think when you spread the wealth around it’s good for everybody.” BO

“I’ve been fighting with Acorn, alongside Acorn, on issues you care about, my entire career.” BO

“I’ve got two daughters. 9 years old and 6 years old. I am going to teach them first of all about values and morals. But if they make a mistake, I don’t want them punished with a baby.” BO

“If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost.” BO

“In America, there’s a failure to appreciate Europe’s leading role in the world.” BO
“It’s not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them” BO

“Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states? I think one left to go.” BO

“The United States has been enriched by Muslim Americans. Many other Americans have Muslims in their families or have lived in a Muslim-majority country - I know, because I am one of them.” BO

“The United States is not, and never will be, at war with Islam.” BO

“This is the moment when we must build on the wealth that open markets have created, and share its benefits more equitably. Trade has been a cornerstone of our growth and global development. But we will not be able to sustain this growth if it favors the few, and not the many.” BO

“We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times... and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK. That’s not leadership. That’s not going to happen.” BO

“We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we’ve set. We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.” BO
“We need somebody who’s got the heart, the empathy, to recognize what it’s like to be a young teenage mom, the empathy to understand what it’s like to be poor or African-American or gay or disabled or old - and that’s the criterion by which I’ll be selecting my judges.” BO

“We need to steer clear of this poverty of ambition, where people want to drive fancy cars and wear nice clothes and live in nice apartments but don’t want to work hard to accomplish these things. Everyone should try to realize their full potential.” BO

“The success of our economy has always depended not just on the size of our gross domestic product, but on the reach of our prosperity, on the ability to extend opportunity to every willing heart — not out of charity, but because it is the surest route to our common good.” BO

“I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.” BO
“My friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history of the world. I hope you’ll join me as we try to change it.” BO

“I ceased to advertise my mother’s race at the age of twelve or thirteen, when I began to suspect that by doing so I was ingratiating myself to whites.” BO

“I found solace in nursing a pervasive sense of grievance and animosity against my mother’s race.” BO

“To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefully. The more politically active black students. The foreign students. The Chicanos. The Marxist professors and structural feminists.” BO

“I learned to slip back and forth between my black and white worlds. One of those tricks I had learned: People were satisfied so long as you were courteous and smiled and made no sudden moves. They were more than satisfied; they were relieved — such a pleasant surprise to find a well-mannered young black man who didn’t seem angry all the time.” BO

“I had learned not to care. I blew a few smoke rings, remembering those years. Pot had helped, and booze; maybe a little blow when you could afford it. Not smack, though. ...”BO

“I can no more disown (Jeremiah Wright) than I can disown the black community.” —BO
“The point I was making was not that Grandmother harbors any racial animosity. She doesn’t. But she is a typical white person...” BO

“That’s just how white folks will do you.” BO

“The call to Islamic prayer is “one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset.” BO

“For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country, because it feels like hope is making a comeback.” MO

“That is why I am here, because Barack Obama is the only person in this who understands that. That before we can work on the problems, we have to fix our souls. Our souls are broken in this nation.”MO

“... as a black man, you know, Barack can get shot going to the gas station, you know.”MO

“My experiences at Princeton have made me far more aware of my ‘blackness’ than ever before.”MO

“Earlier in my college career, there was no doubt in my mind that as a member of the Black community I was somehow obligated to this community and would utilize all of my present and future resources to benefit this community first and foremost.” MO

“The truth is most Americans don’t want much. Folks don’t want the whole pie. Most Americans feel blessed to thrive a little bit, but that’s out of reach for them. The truth is, in order to get things like universal health care and a revamped education system, someone is going to have to give up a piece of their pie so that someone else can have more.” MO