Happy Presidents' Day! 15 Of President Barack Obama’s Best Quotes

We remember how great of a leader he was – something sorely missed, especially in these days.

The Audacity of Trust - “If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists — to protect them and to promote their common welfare — all else is lost.”(Photo: John Gress/Getty Images)
The Audacity of Religious Freedom and Tolerance - "America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles of justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings."(Photo: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images)
The Audacity of Action - “The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.”(Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
The Audacity of Equality - "When you start playing around with constitutions, just to prohibit somebody who cares about another person, it just seems to me that's not what America's about. Usually, our constitutions expand liberties, they don't contract them."(Photo: Jewl Samad/AFP/Getty Images)The Audacity of Optimism  - “The cynics may be the loudest voices -- but I promise you, they will accomplish the least.” (Photo by Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

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The Audacity of Religious Freedom and Tolerance - "America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles of justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings."(Photo: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images)

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