You didn’t elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear. You elected me to tell you the truth.
BARACK OBAMAWhere you are right now doesn’t have to determine where you’ll end up.
More Barack Obama Quotes
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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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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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Who you are and who you love should never be a fireable offense.
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I think a basic principle of our Constitution is nobody above the law
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You might be locked in a world not of your own making, her eyes said, but you still have a claim on how it is shaped. You still have responsibilities.
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Change is never easy, but always possible.
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No, you can’t deny women their basic rights and pretend it’s about your ‘religious freedom’. If you don’t like birth control, don’t use it. Religious freedom doesn’t mean you can force others to live by your own beliefs.
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We don’t turn back. We leave no one behind. We pull each other up.
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Theoretically, there is nothing that can stop the government from taxing 100 per cent of income so long as the people get benefits from the government commensurate with their income which is taxed.
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History doesn’t always move in a straight line. Sometimes it zigs and zags.
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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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One of the best investments we can make in a child’s life is high-quality early education.
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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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A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things.
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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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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.
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Persevere. Nothing worthwhile is easy.
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You can put lipstick on a pig. It’s still a pig.
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Why can’t I just eat my waffle?
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Let us remember that we can do these things not just because of wealth or power, but because of who we are: one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
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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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If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that.
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The opportunity will not remain open indefinitely.
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No religion is responsible for terrorism. People are responsible for violence and terrorism.
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Where there is no experience the wise man is silent.
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I think, as you get older, that’s when your ambitions become “peculiar”.
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