Barack Obama (August 04 1961 -) We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths –- that all of us are created equal –- is the star that guides us still; just as it guided our forebears through Seneca Falls, and Selma, and Stonewall; just as it guided all those men and women, …
Barack Obama On Political Power
Barack Obama (August 04 1961 -) If you look at the world and look at the problems it's usually old people, usually old men, not getting out of the way… It is important for political leaders to try and remind themselves that you are there to do a job, but you are not there for …
Barack Obama On The Past
Barack Obama (August 04, 1961 -) When you hear someone longing for the “good old days,” take it with a grain of salt. Take it with a grain of salt. We live in a great nation and we are rightly proud of our history. We are beneficiaries of the labor and the grit and the …
Barack Obama On Respect
Barack Obama (August 04, 1961 -) You can be completely right, and you still are going to have to engage folks who disagree with you. ... So don’t try to shut folks out, don’t try to shut them down, no matter how much you might disagree with them. There's been a trend around the country …
Barack Obama On Change
In recognition of Black History Month, Transformation Publications will present poems, essays, and other artistic creations by Black artists, musicians, and writers. Barack Obama (August 04, 1961 -) 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 …