But at a time when our discourse has become so sharply polarized — at a time when we are far too eager to lay the blame for all that ails the world at the feet of those who think differently than we do — it's important for us to pause for a moment and make sure that we are talking with each other in a way that heals, not a way that wounds.


Tucson Memorial Address (January 2011)

Barack Obama Quotes

But at a time when our discourse has become so sharply polarized — at a time when we are far too eager to lay the blame for all that ails the world ...

But at a time when our discourse has become so sharply polarized — at a time when we are far too eager to lay the blame for all that ails the world ...

But at a time when our discourse has become so sharply polarized — at a time when we are far too eager to lay the blame for all that ails the world ...

But at a time when our discourse has become so sharply polarized — at a time when we are far too eager to lay the blame for all that ails the world ...