Quote

What is the empathy deficit? The inability of people to stand in other folks shoes. It's hard to empathize with people who have different values than you

Barack Obama

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Barack Obama
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: August 4
44Th U.S. President
Community Organizer
Jurist
Lawyer
Podcaster
Political Writer
Politician
Statesperson
Kapiolani Maternity & Gynecological Hospital
Barack Hussein Obama II
Barack Obama II
Barack Hussein Obama
Obama
Barak Obama
Barry Obama
President Obama
President Barack Obama
BHO
Barack
Barack H. Obama
Hard
Empathize
Different
Deficit
People
Inability
Empathy
Folks
Shoes
Stand
Values

More quotes by Barack Obama

Image
I think it is important for Europe to understand that even though I am president and George Bush is not president, Al Qaeda is still a threat.
Barack Obama
Image
We know what happens when Europeans start dividing themselves up and emphasizing their differences and seeing a competition between various countries in a zero sum way.
Barack Obama
Image
Does that mean that all vestiges of past discrimination would be eliminated, that the income gap or the wealth gap or the education gap [between Afro-Americans and white] would be erased in five years or 10 years? Probably not, and so this is obviously a discussion we've had before when you talk about something like reparations.
Barack Obama
Image
After my election there was talk of a postracial America. And such a vision, however well intended, was never realistic.
Barack Obama
Image
One of the gratifying things, I think, about the end of my presidency even though admittedly my successor ran against a lot of what we stood for, is when you look at the individual issues and the progress that we've made on a lot of those issues, we got the support of a pretty decent majority.
Barack Obama
Image
Greatness is never free it must be earned.
Barack Obama
Image
Peace is far more preferable to war. [...] I believe that peace is the only path to true security. [...] And there is no question that the only path to peace is through negotiations .
Barack Obama
Image
The pain I felt was my father's pain.
Barack Obama
Image
We've protected thousands of people in Libya we have not seen a single U.S. casualty there's no risks of additional escalation. This operation is limited in time and in scope.
Barack Obama
Image
A budget is more than just a series of numbers on a page it is an embodiment of our values.
Barack Obama
Image
If war explodes in Sudan, it could have a destabilizing effect that creates more space for terrorist activity that could eventually be directed at our homeland.
Barack Obama
Image
I think it's really important to enlarge the issue behind abortion. I have been serving for over two decades and I have seen year in and year out largely the Republicans voting against women's contraception, family planning.
Barack Obama
Image
I'm a Christian by choice.
Barack Obama
Image
For top executives to award themselves these kinds of compensation packages in the midst of this economic crisis isn't just bad taste, it's bad strategy, and I will not tolerate it as president.
Barack Obama
Image
After a century of striving, after a year of debate, after a historic vote, health care reform is no longer an unmet promise. It is the law of the land.
Barack Obama
Image
It is in the interests of all of us - the United States, China and the rest of the world - to make sure that the rules of the road are upheld. These rules and norms are part of the foundation of regional stability, and they have allowed nations across the region, including China, to grow and prosper.
Barack Obama
Image
We are at a time in our country's history that inclusive language is better than exclusive language.
Barack Obama
Image
I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. I am not in favor of gay marriage.
Barack Obama
Image
The most important thing we can do is to make sure that we've got very high standards, we expect a lot out of all of our young people, and we make sure that we have the best teachers possible in every classroom.
Barack Obama
Image
What Washington needs is adult supervision.
Barack Obama