Barack Obama
Barack Obama
President of the United States (2009-)
(1961-)
"It has not always been the pragmatist, the voice of
reason, or the force of compromise, that has created the conditions for
liberty," he writes about the antislavery movement of the 19th century. "Knowing
this, I can't summarily dismiss those possessed of similar certainty today--the
antiabortion activist ... the animal rights activist who raids a laboratory--no
matter how deeply I disagree with their views. I am robbed even of the certainty
of uncertainty--for sometimes absolute truths may well be absolute."
~Time Magazine interview, October 2006
