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.
BARACK OBAMANo one built this country on their own. This nation is great because we built it together.
More Barack Obama Quotes
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If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.
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Don’t just get involved. Fight for your seat at the table. Better yet, fight for a seat at the head of the table.
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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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When times get tough, we don’t give up. We get up.
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The future belongs to young people with an education and the imagination to create.
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A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things.
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I think a basic principle of our Constitution is nobody above the law
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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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Where there is no experience the wise man is silent.
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One of the best investments we can make in a child’s life is high-quality early education.
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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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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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We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it.
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Our stories may be singular, but our destination is shared.
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You didn’t elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear. You elected me to tell you the truth.
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