Donald Trump vs. Barack Obama
Read 20 entries attributed to Donald Trump alongside 20 attributed to Barack Obama. Compare the wording and topic labels.
This page places 20 entries attributed to Donald Trump alongside 20 attributed to Barack Obama. Each selection is ordered by stored importance score. These are selections from QuoteLineage, not complete accounts of either author's work.
Topic labels present in both displayed selections: knowledge, justice, time, politics. Shared labels do not by themselves demonstrate agreement, disagreement, or influence between the authors.
Attributed to Donald Trump, entry #54769: "We're not entering a dark winter, we are entering the final turn and the light at the end of the tunnel"
Attributed to Barack Obama, entry #54248: "I have made it clear that we will hunt down terrorists who threaten our country, wherever they are. That means I will not hesitate to take action against ISIL in Syria, as well as…"
Side-by-Side Comparison
Donald Trump
1945
Donald John Trump is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021.
"We're not entering a dark winter, we are entering the final turn and the light at the end of the tunnel"
#success"People don't realize, you know, the Civil War, if you think about it, why?"
#knowledge"The national debt has doubled. And you know the bad part about that? You think if the national debt has doubled, our infrastructure would be great, our count…"
#knowledge"When a Secretary of State illegally stores her emails on a private server, deletes 33,000 of them so the authorities can't see her crime, puts our country at…"
#knowledge"In many cases, I probably identify more as Democrat. It just seems that the economy does better under the Democrats than the Republicans. Now, it shouldn't b…"
#justice"Well, er, it wasn't, er, it wasn't very stupid, I can tell you that."
#language"I think I am actually humble. I think I'm much more humble than you would understand."
#knowledge"It's time to shake the rust off America's foreign policy."
#time"Well look he's from Texas -- to the best of my knowledge, there's a lot of oil in Texas, right? So, he gets a lot of money from the oil companies, and he's a…"
#knowledge"We've let our rivals and challengers think they can get away with anything, and they do... If President Obama's goal had been to weaken America, he could not…"
#mind"I love all people, rich or poor, but in those particular positions I just don't want a poor person."
#money"They're trying to scare everybody, from meetings, cancel the meetings, close the schools—you know, destroy the country. And that's okay, as long as we can wi…"
#knowledge"All of the women on The Apprentice flirted with me - consciously or unconsciously. That's to be expected."
#humor"Decades of record immigration have produced lower wages and higher unemployment for our citizens, especially for African-American and Latino workers. We are …"
#friendship"They have put political correctness above common sense, above your safety, and above all else. I refuse to be politically correct."
#politics"We're thinking about building the wall as a solar wall, so it creates energy, and pays for itself. And this way Mexico will have to pay much less money, and …"
#mind"Look, when I go to rallies, they turn around, they start screaming at CNN. They want to throw their placards at CNN. You know. I think you would do much bett…"
#philosophy"Bye bye. Look, see? He's smiling. See, he's having a good time. Oh, I love the old days, you know? You know what I hate? There's a guy, totally disruptive, t…"
#time"My goal is always again to bring people together. But if I'm forced to fight for something I really care about, I will never, ever back down and our country …"
#friendship"These are people that are outside the country, so we're really not talking about the Constitution. And it's not about religion. This is about safety. This ha…"
#religionBarack Obama
1961
Barack Hussein Obama II is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African American president. Obama previously served as a U.S.
"I have made it clear that we will hunt down terrorists who threaten our country, wherever they are. That means I will not hesitate to take action against ISI…"
#ethics"Madiba reminds us that: “No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate…"
#love"When politicians insult Muslims, when a mosque is vandalized, or a kid bullied, that doesn’t make us safer. That’s not telling it like it is. It’s just wrong…"
#justice"Democracy will win -- because a government’s legitimacy can only come from citizens; because in this age of information and empowerment, people want more con…"
#politics"There’s still enormous problems in our society. But democracy is the way that we solve them. That's how we got health care for more of our people. That's how…"
#justice"And because no one who works full-time in America should have to live in poverty, I am going to keep making the case that we need to raise the minimum wage b…"
#time"Let me be absolutely clear: Iran is a grave threat."
#death"There was no such thing as Al Qaeda in Iraq, until George Bush and John McCain decided to invade Iraq."
"Agreements among nations. Strong institutions. Support for human rights. Investments in development. All these are vital ingredients in bringing about the ev…"
#life"We always have the opportunity to choose our better history. We can always understand that most important decision -- the decision we make when we find our c…"
#justice"Let me just make this point, John...We're not campaigning anymore. The election's over."
#justice"And that’s why we support societies that empower women -- because no country will reach its potential unless it draws on the talents of our wives and our mot…"
#family"But you know, we — when we feel stress, when we feel pressure, when we’re just fed information that encourages some of our worst instincts, we tend to fall b…"
#knowledge"I was honored to be the first U.S. President to visit Cuba in almost 90 years. And we still have differences with the Cuban government, but what I said to Pr…"
#time"If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun."
#war"We remain the most prosperous, powerful nation on Earth. Our minds are no less inventive, our goods and services no less needed than they were last week or l…"
#time"Of course, neither the United States nor Europe are perfect in adherence to our ideals, nor do we claim to be the sole arbiter of what is right or wrong in t…"
#leadership"We’ve got to resist the false trap that says either there should be no accountability for police or that every police officer is suspect no matter what they do."
#truth"As free peoples, we recognize that democracy is the most effective form of government ever devised for delivering progress and opportunity and prosperity and…"
#freedom"This ruling is a victory for Jim Obergefell and the other plaintiffs in the case. It's a victory for gay and lesbian couples who have fought so long for thei…"
#family