“They have abandoned their responsibilities, acting like boys instead
of men. And the foundations of our families are weaker because of it.”

– Barack Obama at the Apostolic Church of God in
Chicago on Father’s Day calling on black fathers to be
more active in raising their childern, June 15, 2008

“Because of you, tonight, I can stand here and say that I will be the
Democratic nominee for the president of the United States of America.”

– Barack Obama in a victory speech in St. Paul, Minnesota, June 3, 2008

“That is not our plan Jon, but I think your paranoia
might make you suitable as a debate moderator.”

– Barack Obama on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart responding to the question, “If you are fortunate enough to get the Democratic nomination, fortunate to become President of the United States, will you pull a bait-and-switch, sir, and enslave the white race?  Is that your plan?”, April 21, 2008

“You go into some of these small towns in Pennsylvania, and like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing’s replaced them. And they fell through the Clinton administration, and the Bush administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not.

So it’s not surprising then that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them, or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.”

– Barack Obama speaking at a San Francisco fundraiser, April 6, 2008