It should be the power of our vote, not the size of our bank accounts, that drives our democracy.
BARACK OBAMANothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.
More Barack Obama Quotes
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Any time bombs are used to target civilians it is an act of terror.
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Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.
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To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society’s ills on the West – know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy.
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Don’t shortchange the future, because of fear in the present.
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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.
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Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that family is the most important.
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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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The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.
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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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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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I wish the country had fewer lawyers and more engineers.
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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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Find somebody to be successful for. Raise their hopes. Rise to their needs.
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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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Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it.
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