Barack Obama said: "Old men are afraid of death and insignificance"

 Recently I saw the following picture in FB that I found interesting:

 

Barack Obama did say that. He made this statement during a public conversation with British historian David Olusoga at the O2 Arena in London on September 24, 2025. 

His exact quote from the event was: “It’s fair to say that 80% of the world's problems involve old men hanging on, who are afraid of death and insignificance, and they won't let go. They build pyramids, and they put their names on everything. They get very anxious about it." (Google)