You didn’t elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear. You elected me to tell you the truth.
BARACK OBAMATo 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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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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No one built this country on their own. This nation is great because we built it together.
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I want every young man who sees me to know that I’m not that different from them. I wasn’t born into wealth. I wasn’t born into fame. I made a lot of mistakes – but I kept at it.
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A nation that can’t control its energy sources can’t control its future.
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Cynicism is a sorry kind of wisdom.
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Just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail.
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We lose ourselves when we compromise the very ideals that we fight to defend. And we honor those ideals by upholding them not when it’s easy, but when it is hard.
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Greatness is never free; it must be earned.
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We may not be able to stop evil in the world, but how we treat one another is entirely up to us.
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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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On every continent, there are girls who will go on to change the world in ways we can only imagine, if only we allow them the freedom to dream.
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If you give up on the idea that your voice can make a difference, then other voices will fill the void.
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Nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.
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Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it.
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For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness.
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