Reading makes all other learning possible. We have to get books into our children’s hands early and often.
BARACK OBAMALet us remember that we can do these things not just because of wealth or power, but because of who we are: one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
More Barack Obama Quotes
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The sweetest sound I know is the Muslim call to prayer.
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Each of us deserves the freedom to pursue our own version of happiness. No one deserves to be bullied.
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To be black was to be the beneficiary of a great inheritance, a special destiny, glorious burdens that only we were strong enough to bear.
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Love and hope can conquer hate.
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No, you can’t deny women their basic rights and pretend it’s about your ‘religious freedom’. If you don’t like birth control, don’t use it. Religious freedom doesn’t mean you can force others to live by your own beliefs.
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Find somebody to be successful for. Raise their hopes. Rise to their needs.
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To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society’s ills on the West – know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy.
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You might be locked in a world not of your own making, her eyes said, but you still have a claim on how it is shaped. You still have responsibilities.
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Greatness is never free; it must be earned.
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Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that family is the most important.
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A nation ringed by walls will only imprison itself.
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Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency.
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It is moments like these that force us to try harder, and dig deeper, and to discover gifts we never knew we had – to find the greatness that lies within each of us.
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Climate change constitutes a serious threat to global security.
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What makes you a man is not the ability to make a child, it’s the courage to raise one.
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