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 OBAMALet 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.
More Barack Obama Quotes
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Our destiny is not written for us, but by us.
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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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If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.
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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.
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Each of us deserves the freedom to pursue our own version of happiness. No one deserves to be bullied.
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A nation that can’t control its energy sources can’t control its future.
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When our government is spoken of as some menacing, threatening foreign entity, it ignores the fact that, in our democracy, government is us.
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Together we resolve that a great nation must care for the vulnerable and protect its people from life’s worst hazards and misfortune.
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I wouldn’t be the man I am today without the woman who agreed to marry me 20 years ago
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A nation ringed by walls will only imprison itself.
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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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Don’t shortchange the future, because of fear in the present.
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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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Our stories may be singular, but our destination is shared.
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Love and hope can conquer hate.
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