For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness.
BARACK OBAMAWe don’t ask you to believe in our ability to bring change, rather, we ask you to believe in yours.
More Barack Obama Quotes
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A nation ringed by walls will only imprison itself.
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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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Don’t shortchange the future, because of fear in the present.
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Where there is no experience the wise man is silent.
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It should be the power of our vote, not the size of our bank accounts, that drives our democracy.
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Together we resolve that a great nation must care for the vulnerable and protect its people from life’s worst hazards and misfortune.
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Greatness is never free; it must be earned.
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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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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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I think perhaps education doesn’t do us much good unless it is mixed with sweat.
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You can put lipstick on a pig. It’s still a pig.
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Someone once said that every man is trying to live up to his father’s expectations or make up for their father’s mistakes.
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Nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.
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The opportunity will not remain open indefinitely.
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I think, as you get older, that’s when your ambitions become “peculiar”.
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