I wish the country had fewer lawyers and more engineers.
BARACK OBAMAChange 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.
More Barack Obama Quotes
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I’m a warrior for the middle class.
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Don’t shortchange the future, because of fear in the present.
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The real test is not whether you avoid failure, because you won’t. It’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it.
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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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The future belongs to young people with an education and the imagination to create.
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It is moments like these that force us to try harder, and dig deeper, and to discover gifts we never knew we had – to find the greatness that lies within each of us.
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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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We don’t turn back. We leave no one behind. We pull each other up.
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You can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.
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To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society’s ills on the West – know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy.
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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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Love and hope can conquer hate.
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If you’re a strong man, you should not feel threatened by strong women.
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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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Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it’s only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.
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