But what we can do, as flawed as we are, is still see God in other people, and do our best to help them find their own grace. Thats what I strive to do, thats what I pray to do every day. – Barack Obama
And I will do everything that I can as long as I am President of the United States to remind the American people that we are one nation under God, and we may call that God different names but we remain one nation. – Barack Obama
The United States is not, and never will be, at war with Islam. – Barack Obama
I know that campaigns can seem small, and even silly. Trivial things become big distractions. Serious issues become sound bites. And the truth gets buried under an avalanche of money and advertising. If youre sick of hearing me approve this message, believe me – so am I. – Barack Obama
It sometimes happens at the end of a dinner, when jokes and walnuts are cracked together, that the paternity of some trite quotation is put in question, and at once the wit of the whole company is set wool-gathering. – Frederic Swartwout Cozzens, “Phrases and Filberts,” Sayings, Wise and Otherwise