To be black was to be the beneficiary of a great inheritance, a special destiny, glorious burdens that only we were strong enough to bear.
BARACK OBAMAIf you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that.
More Barack Obama Quotes
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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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Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law.
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A nation that can’t control its energy sources can’t control its future.
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Why can’t I just eat my waffle?
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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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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 best judge of whether or not a country is going to develop is how it treats its women
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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.
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A lot of shelter dogs are mutts like me.
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A child’s course in life should be determined not by the zip code she’s born in, but by the strength of her work ethic and the scope of her dreams.
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We don’t turn back. We leave no one behind. We pull each other up.
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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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There is no excuse for not trying.
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We are the change we have been waiting for.
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It’s not just enough to change the players. We’ve gotta change the game.
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