Mohammed

“There are a whole lot of religious people in America, including the majority of Democrats. When we abandon the field of religious discourse—when we ignore the debate about what it means to be a good Christian or Muslim or Jew; when we discuss religion only in the negative sense of where or how it should not be practiced, rather than in the positive sense of what it tells us about our obligations toward one another; when we shy away from religious venues and religious broadcasts because we assume that we will be unwelcome—others will fill the vacuum. And those who do are likely to be those with the most insular views of faith, or who cynically use religion to justify partisan ends.”
― Barack Obama, The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

“I realized that in some unspoken, still tentative way, she and I were already becoming a family.”
― Barack Obama, The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

“I wish the country had fewer lawyers and more engineers.”
― Barack Obama, The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

“Someone once said that every man is trying to live up to his father's expectations or make up for their father's mistakes....”
― Barack Obama, The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream