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 OBAMAHistory doesn’t always move in a straight line. Sometimes it zigs and zags.
More Barack Obama Quotes
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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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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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One thing I don’t like is when you disrespect the law.
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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 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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Hope – Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty. The audacity of hope! In the end, that is God’s greatest gift to us. A belief in things not seen. A belief that there are better days ahead.
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For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness.
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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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When our interests and values are at stake, we have a responsibility to act.
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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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I’m a warrior for the middle class.
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I think perhaps education doesn’t do us much good unless it is mixed with sweat.
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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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The future belongs to young people with an education and the imagination to create.
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I think a basic principle of our Constitution is nobody above the law
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