When our government is spoken of as some menacing, threatening foreign entity, it ignores the fact that, in our democracy, government is us.
BARACK OBAMAOur stories may be singular, but our destination is shared.
More Barack Obama Quotes
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We are the change we have been waiting for.
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Yes We Can!
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What makes you a man is not the ability to make a child, it’s the courage to raise one.
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Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.
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If you’re a strong man, you should not feel threatened by strong women.
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If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that.
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Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. And it will leave you unfulfilled.
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The best judge of whether or not a country is going to develop is how it treats its women
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One thing I don’t like is when you disrespect the law.
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For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness.
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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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We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it.
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Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency.
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Persevere. Nothing worthwhile is easy.
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Don’t ever let anybody tell you that your efforts don’t matter or that your voice doesn’t count. Don’t ever believe that you can’t make a difference. You have.
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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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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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A lot of shelter dogs are mutts like me.
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I think perhaps education doesn’t do us much good unless it is mixed with sweat.
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Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance.
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Who you are and who you love should never be a fireable offense.
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While we breathe, we will hope.
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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 worst thing that colonialism did was to cloud our view of our past.
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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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We don’t turn back. We leave no one behind. We pull each other up.
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