Roberta

“faith doesn't mean that you don't have doubts... [you] still experience the same greed, resentment, lust, and anger that everyone else experienced... the lines between sinner and saved [are] more fluid; the sins of those who come to church are not so different from the sins of those who don't... You [need] to come to church precisely because you [are] of this world, not apart from it; rich, poor, sinner, saved you [need] to embrace Christ precisely because you had sins to wash away... that religious commitment did not require me to suspend critical thinking, disengage from the battle for economic and social justice, or otherwise retreat from the world...”
― Barack Obama, The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

“More than anything, it is that sense - that despite great differences in wealth, we rise and fall together - that we can't afford to lose.”
― Barack Obama, The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

“My heart is filled with love for this country.”
― Barack Obama, The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

“No, what's troubling is the gap between the magnitude of our challenges and the smallness of our politics--the ease with which we are distracted by the petty and trivial, our chronic avoidance of tough decisions, our seeming inability to build a working concensus to tackle any big problem.”
― Barack Obama, The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream