Barack Obama Quotes about Identity

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My identity might begin with the fact of my race, but it didn't, couldn't end there. At least that's what I would choose to believe.

My identity might begin with the fact of my race, but it didn't, couldn't end there. At least that's what I would choose to believe.

Barack Obama

Believe, Race, Identity

Barack Obama (2007). “Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance”, p.111, Broadway Books

I do believe, separate and apart from any particular election or movement, that we are going to have to guard against a rise in a crude sort of nationalism or ethnic identity or tribalism that is built around an us and a them.

Barack Obama

Believe, Identity, Movement

Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras of Greece in Joint Press Conference, Maximos Mansion, Athens, Greece, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. November 15, 2016.

Part of America's genius has always been its ability to absorb newcomers, to forge a national identity out of the disparate lot that arrived on our shores.

Barack Obama

America, Identity, Genius

Barack Obama (2007). “The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream”, p.231, Canongate Books

We know hackers steal people's identities and infiltrate private e-mails. We know foreign countries and companies swipe our corporate secrets.

Barack Obama

Country, Secret, Identity