“History doesn’t always move in a straight line. Sometimes it zigs and zags.”

Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency.

You didn’t elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear. You elected me to tell you the truth.

Any time bombs are used to target civilians it is an act of terror.

Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance.

One thing I don’t like is when you disrespect the law.

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.

When ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, you don’t really have to do anything, you just let them talk.

I think a basic principle of our Constitution is nobody above the law

We don’t ask you to believe in our ability to bring change, rather, we ask you to believe in yours.

We don’t ask you to believe in our ability to bring change, rather, we ask you to believe in yours.

Don’t shortchange the future, because of fear in the present.

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.

If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.

We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it.

Reading is important. If you know how to read then the whole world opens up to you

Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that family is the most important.

We learn from history that we don’t learn from history.

Man has always learned from past. After all, you can’t learn history in reverse.

We can’t call for climate justice while advocating for policies and phase-out-dates based on targets that exclude aspect of equity and historic emissions.

When everyone that exists right now becomes history packed into the soil and stars I wonder what they will learn about us.

History has proven that each generation of Howard graduates will forge the way forward for our country and our world.

A family shares hardships and a connected history.

If you don’t know your full-throttle history, the whole story of how you came to where you are, it’s kind of hard to put things together.

Be careful what you wish for, Admiral. History is not always kind to its subjects.