Barack Obama Birthday: Inspirational Quotes By Former POTUS

Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, will be celebrating his 59th birthday Tuesday, Aug. 4.

Obama, who was the first African-American to serve in the office, was born Aug. 4, 1961, in Hawaii. He was elected the president of the United States on Nov. 4, 2008, and was sworn in on Jan. 20, 2009. The former POTUS, who served two terms, achieved an array of successes including the execution of al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden, who was the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks. Obama and wife, Michelle, have two daughters, Malia and Sasha.

Here are few inspirational quotes by one of the greatest presidential orators, courtesy Brainy Quotes –

• "We need to keep making our streets safer and our criminal justice system fairer - our homeland more secure, our world more peaceful and sustainable for the next generation."
• "We need to keep making our streets safer and our criminal justice system fairer - our homeland more secure, our world more peaceful and sustainable for the next generation."
• "Now, as a nation, we don't promise equal outcomes, but we were founded on the idea everybody should have an equal opportunity to succeed. No matter who you are, what you look like, where you come from, you can make it. That's an essential promise of America. Where you start should not determine where you end up."
• "The future rewards those who press on. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I'm going to press on."
• "My fellow Americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once, too."
• "Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."
• "Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference."
• "We proved that we are still a people capable of doing big things and tackling our biggest challenges."

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