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.
BARACK OBAMAFor we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness.
More Barack Obama Quotes
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Take off your bedroom slippers, put on your marching shoes. Shake it off. Stop complaining, stop grumbling, stop crying. We are going to press on. We’ve got work to do.
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One voice can change a room, and if one voice can change a room, then it can change a city, and if it can change a city, it can change a state, and if it change a state, it can change a nation, and if it can change a nation, it can change the world. Your voice can change the world.
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Where you are right now doesn’t have to determine where you’ll end up.
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Persevere. Nothing worthwhile is easy.
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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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Greatness is never free; it must be earned.
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Change is never easy, but always possible.
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Our stories may be singular, but our destination is shared.
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If somebody is different from you, that’s not something you criticize, that’s something that you appreciate.
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Any time bombs are used to target civilians it is an act of terror.
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The opportunity will not remain open indefinitely.
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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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Cynicism is a sorry kind of wisdom.
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No religion is responsible for terrorism. People are responsible for violence and terrorism.
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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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