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 OBAMAYou can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.
More Barack Obama Quotes
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Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency.
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Change 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.
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Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it.
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Any time bombs are used to target civilians it is an act of terror.
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I wish the country had fewer lawyers and more engineers.
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If you’re a strong man, you should not feel threatened by strong women.
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We are the change we have been waiting for.
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A lot of shelter dogs are mutts like me.
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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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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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There is no excuse for not trying.
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No religion is responsible for terrorism. People are responsible for violence and terrorism.
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Our destiny is not written for us, but by us.
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Where you are right now doesn’t have to determine where you’ll end up.
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Climate change constitutes a serious threat to global security.
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