Barack Obama Quotes


I think what you're seeing is a profound recognition on the part of the American people that gays and lesbians and transgender persons are our brothers, our sisters, our children, our cousins, our friends, our co-workers, and that they've got to be treated like every other American. And I think that principle will win out.


Citations

Obama, Barack. "The President's News Conference." Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Barack Obama, 2014, Book 2, United States Government Printing Office, 2015, p. 1613.

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
  • Born: August 4, 1961
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: President

Barack Hussein Obama II is an American politician and attorney who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the United States. He previously served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.