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 give up on the idea that your voice can make a difference, then other voices will fill the void.
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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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Love and hope can conquer hate.
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Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.
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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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It’s important to make sure that we’re talking with each other in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds.
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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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In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.
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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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What makes you a man is not the ability to make a child, it’s the courage to raise one.
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Our destiny is not written for us, but by us.
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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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If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.
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No religion is responsible for terrorism. People are responsible for violence and terrorism.
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Reading is important. If you know how to read then the whole world opens up to you
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