But Obama never literally said this, nor did he write it as a yearbook quote, as the post implies. Instead, the quote is a misleading mash-up of a line in a paper titled “Race and Rights Rhetoric,” which Obama co-wrote with his law school classmate Robert Fisher in April 1991.

Jun 9, 2020 · The quote is a misinterpretation of words written in 1991 by Obama and Robert Fisher, a fellow schoolmate, in an unpublished Harvard paper titled “Race and Rights Rhetoric”.

Feb 28, 2020 · But there’s no evidence that Obama ever said or wrote the exact statement attributed to him in the Facebook post. In fact, an internet search revealed that credible online sources have reported on the quote in order to debunk it.

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May 14, 2017 · A recently published biography of the 44th president by David Garrow, called “Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama” unearthed the Trump quote in an unpublished law paper Obama...

May 12, 2017 · That year, he penned a paper with his buddy Robert Fisher called “Race and Rights Rhetoric” where he summed up the average American mindset in one rather brutal and prescient sentence: “I may not...

May 12, 2017 · An excerpt from one of former President Barack Obama's previously unpublished law school papers revealed he believed the American dream was to be like Donald Trump, although he called such a...

May 12, 2017 · Obama summed up the average American’s mindset with the following sentence: "I may not be Donald Trump now, but just you wait; if I don't make it, my children will." This quote came to light...