“The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for ...” — Barack Obama Quote

“The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.”

“For more than four decades, the Libyan people have been ruled by a tyrant - Moammar Gaddafi. He has denied his people freedom, exploited their wealth, murdered opponents at home and abroad, and terrorized innocent people around the world - including Americans who were killed by Libyan agents.”

“After 2014, we will support a unified Afghanistan as it takes responsibility for its own future.”

“If you go back to the really long-run questions that interested me, the big question was why, over the centuries, the millennia, has growth been speeding up?”

“For the past few centuries, we have defined beauty as tall, slender figures, femininity and white skin.”

“For centuries, the Muslims were able to co-exist perfectly well with Jews and Christians in the Middle East.”