Barack Obama Quotes

The peoples of this world must unite or they will perish.

Europe and America must act together in the face of evil. It's high time for Americans and Europeans to restore that unity and be able to take actions collectively together.

We here in the North have for many years had a natural tendency to feel that when our representatives come together at an international meeting, we embark on the quest of mutual understanding and support.

America cannot meet this century's challenges alone; the world cannot meet them without America.

I do believe that the international community cannot act based on a rivalries or things of that sort.

Our continents unification is at hand and we must stand to account.

The world is waiting for us, the world wants to engage with us, the world wants to be friendly with us, the world wants to be our partner in prosperity, and the world admires India in many ways.

We are the world.

The great men of a nation reach out to all mankind. They are unifying, not divisive; internationally conciliating and still great nationally.

In my view, nations together are stronger than when they are isolated. And because they are stronger, their people are more free, not less.

More than ever before in human history, we share a common destiny. We can master it only if we face it together. And that, my friends, is why we have the United Nations.

As to the first, I do not know that I have done very much myself to promote fraternity between nations but I do know that there can be no more important purpose for any man's activity or interests.

The countries that share this conception should be able to go further together, without excluding the others, since they can still live in a greater community of exchange and co-operation.

You can't carve up the world. It's not a pie.

Like the United Nations, there is something inspirational about New York as a great melting pot of different cultures and traditions. And if this is the city that never sleeps, the United Nations works tirelessly, around the clock around the world.

The World Trade Center is a living symbol of man's dedication to world peace... a representation of man's belief in humanity, his need for individual dignity, his beliefs in the cooperation of men, and, through cooperation, his ability to find greatness.

Humanity requires that nationalisms be overcome.

All the world looks to this nation for its future, for the leadership that is required at this moment. And we cannot give that leadership and we cannot offer it if we are split up in guerilla groups chewing on each other.

There are bonds of fraternity linking democratic countries.

While at present the people of the world are divided into various groups, calling themselves nations, while one nation defies another—in most cases considers the others as competitive—we, the workers of the world, shall stretch out our hands towards each other with brotherly love. To the fulfillment of this idea I shall devote all my energy, and, if necessary, render my life for it

How pathetic indeed are the efforts of those leaders of human institutions who, in utter disregard of the spirit of the age, are striving to adjust national processes, suited to the ancient days of self-contained nations, to an age which must either achieve the unity of the world … or perish.

Association of All Classes of All Nations

We should join hands and meet the crisis together. The impact of the crisis could be felt in Asia and the rest of the world.

… my unity with all people cannot be destroyed by national boundaries and government orders

If the international community must act, then America must lead.