In the 2020 60 Minutes interview, Barack Obama is asked how the country overcomes where it is today. He calls Abraham Lincoln the American figure he admires most, a man who understood the need to see another person's point of view, while noting that Lincoln still ended up with a civil war. Obama says he does think a new president can set a new tone.
The receipt
- Who
- Barack Obama
- Where
- interview
- Original footage
- 60 Minutes · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 38 seconds, unedited within the cut
Read the transcript
You know, and I wonder how he's a good example of somebody who I think understood deeply the need to be able to see another person's point of view. How do we overcome where we are today? There's no American figure that I admire any more than Abraham Lincoln, but he did end up with a civil war on his hands. I'd like to avoid that. I do think that a new president can set a new tone.
Machine transcript of the clip's audio; names are checked, small words may differ.