A nation ringed by walls will only imprison itself.
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More Barack Obama Quotes
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I think a basic principle of our Constitution is nobody above the law
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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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Our stories may be singular, but our destination is shared.
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History doesn’t always move in a straight line. Sometimes it zigs and zags.
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The future must not belong to those who bully women. It must be shaped by girls who go to school and those who stand for a world where our daughters can live their dreams just like our sons.
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Our destiny is not written for us, but by us.
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Just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail.
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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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The sweetest sound I know is the Muslim call to prayer.
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We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it.
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Reading makes all other learning possible. We have to get books into our children’s hands early and often.
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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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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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Each of us deserves the freedom to pursue our own version of happiness. No one deserves to be bullied.
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It’s not just enough to change the players. We’ve gotta change the game.
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Where there is no experience the wise man is silent.
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For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness.
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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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Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance.
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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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A lot of shelter dogs are mutts like me.
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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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Hope – Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty. The audacity of hope! In the end, that is God’s greatest gift to us. A belief in things not seen. A belief that there are better days ahead.
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In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.
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Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency.
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When our interests and values are at stake, we have a responsibility to act.
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