I’m still asking you to believe – not in my ability to bring about change, but in yours. I believe in change because I believe in you." - Meaning and context.">
President Obama on Twitter at January 20, 2017; archived from the original on August 28, 2020. As quoted by ABC Radio (2017) and presented in the 2017-01-20 article "Obamas Offer Goodbye Message as They Leave the White House" by MyCentralOregon.com. Archived from the original and retrieved on August 28, 2020.

I’m still asking you to believe – not in my ability to bring about change, but in yours. I believe in change because I believe in you.

— Barack Obama

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I’m still asking you to believe – not in my ability to bring about change, but in yours. I believe in change because I believe in you." in the context of "President Obama on Twitter at January 20, 2017; archived from the original on August 28, 2020. As quoted by ABC Radio (2017) and presented in the 2017-01-20 article "Obamas Offer Goodbye Message as They Leave the White House" by MyCentralOregon.com. Archived from the original and retrieved on August 28, 2020." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Barack Obama

About Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States of America from 2009 to 2017. Born in Hawaii, the son of a Kenyan father and a mother from Kansas, he won the 2008 presidential election and was re-elected president in November 2012. A member of the U.S. Democratic Party, he was the first African American president. Before becoming president, he represented the 13th district for three terms in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004 and served as United States senator from Illinois between January 4, 2005 and November 16, 2008. While president, he was the recipient of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.