Roberta

“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

“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

“America is big enough to accommodate all their dreams.”
― 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