You didn’t elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear. You elected me to tell you the truth.
BARACK OBAMAReading is important. If you know how to read then the whole world opens up to you
More Barack Obama Quotes
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We don’t ask you to believe in our ability to bring change, rather, we ask you to believe in yours.
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In a global economy where the most valuable skill you can sell is your knowledge, a good education is no longer just a pathway to opportunity – it is a prerequisite.
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The future must not belong to those who bully women. It must be shaped by girls who go to school and those who stand for a world where our daughters can live their dreams just like our sons.
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Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency.
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You can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.
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Cynicism is a sorry kind of wisdom.
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Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.
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Hope – Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty. The audacity of hope! In the end, that is God’s greatest gift to us. A belief in things not seen. A belief that there are better days ahead.
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I wouldn’t be the man I am today without the woman who agreed to marry me 20 years ago
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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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It’s important to make sure that we’re talking with each other in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds.
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Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
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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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When our government is spoken of as some menacing, threatening foreign entity, it ignores the fact that, in our democracy, government is us.
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As we look forward to the New Year, let’s resolve to recommit ourselves to the values we share.
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