“Senator Barack Obama addressed the issue of race with the eloquence and sincerity and decency and optimism we have come to expect of him. He did not seek to evade tough issues or to soothe us with comforting half-truths. Rather, he inspired us by reminding us of the awesome potential residing in our own responsibility." - Bill Richardson on Barack Obama
• Rating 1.0 / 5 • Vote for this Quote! • March, 24th 2008“I believe the campaign has gotten too negative. I want it to be positive. I think that’s what’s been very good about Senator Obama’s campaign — it’s a positive campaign about hope and opportunity.” - Bill Richardson
• Rating 1.0 / 5 • Vote for this Quote! • March, 24th 2008“Let me tell you: we’ve had better conversations." - Bill Richardson on telling Hillary Clinton he planned to endorse Barack Obama
• Rating 1.0 / 5 • Vote for this Quote! • March, 24th 2008"The point I was making was not that my grandmother harbors any racial animosity, but that she is a typical white person. If she sees somebody on the street that she doesn't know ... there's a reaction in her that doesn't go away and it comes out in the wrong way.” - Barack Obama
• Rating 5.0 / 5 • Vote for this Quote! • March, 24th 2008"In the end, what is called for is nothing more, and nothing less, than what all the world’s great religions demand - that we do unto others as we would have them do unto us. Let us be our brother’s keeper, Scripture tells us. Let us be our sister’s keeper. Let us find that common stake we all have in one another, and let our politics reflect that spirit as well." - Barack Obama
• Rating 3.0 / 5 • Vote for this Quote! • March, 18th 2008"I have asserted a firm conviction - a conviction rooted in my faith in God and my faith in the American people - that working together we can move beyond some of our old racial wounds, and that in fact we have no choice is we are to continue on the path of a more perfect union." - Barack Obama
• Rating 1.0 / 5 • Vote for this Quote! • March, 18th 2008"It’s a story that hasn’t made me the most conventional candidate. But it is a story that has seared into my genetic makeup the idea that this nation is more than the sum of its parts - that out of many, we are truly one." - Barack Obama
• Rating 3.0 / 5 • Vote for this Quote! • March, 18th 2008“With conviction in our brains and compassion in our hearts and the love for New York on our sleeves, we will dedicate ourselves to principle but always maintain the ability to listen.” - David Paterson
• Rating 4.0 / 5 • Vote for this Quote! • March, 18th 2008“Let us grab the unusual opportunities that circumstance has handed us today and put personal politics, party advantage and power struggles aside, in favor of service, in the interests of the people.” - David Paterson
• Rating 5.0 / 5 • Vote for this Quote! • March, 18th 2008"Reverend Wright preached the gospel of Jesus, a gospel on which I base my life. And the sermons I heard him preach always related to our obligation to love God and one another, to work on behalf of the poor and to seek justice at every turn." - Barack Obama on Rev. Jeremiah Wright
• Rating 5.0 / 5 • Vote for this Quote! • March, 15th 2008
NATIONAL[NOTE: Figures above are averages of the 3-6 most recent surveys in each area. Updated June 17]
