04/06/2009
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"President Obama trying to do what Richard Nixon couldn't do 40 years ago, nor Lyndon Johnson, nor Harry Truman before him or Bill Clinton not so long ago. Health care reform, is it in critical conditi..."
"After all, I have the blood of Africa within me, and my family's own story encompasses both the tragedies and triumphs of the larger African story."
"You know, when I think about these development issues, they're not abstractions to me. I can put a face and a name to what people are going through."
"What a profound sorrow must have been felt as people were hauled off into the great unknown."