More from Barack Obama
Don’t shortchange the future, because of fear in the present.
News conference with Prime Minister Gordon Brown, London (1 April 2009)- Speech at the Al Smith Dinner, New York City (17 October 2008)
Real power means you can get what you want without having to exert violence.
In late January 2016, as quoted in “The Obama Doctrine” by Jeffrey Goldberg, in The Atlantic (April 2016)
More about democracy
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
?UnattributedOften credited to Benjamin FranklinThe best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
?UnattributedOften credited to Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill1874–1965Speech in the House of Commons (11 November 1947), published in 206–07 The Official Report, House of Commons (5th Series), 11 November 1947, vol. 444, cc.