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Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that family is the most important.

Barack Obama

No religion is responsible for terrorism. People are responsible for violence and terrorism.
BARACK OBAMA

People Religion Responsible Terrorism Violence War
Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law.
BARACK OBAMA

Equality Gay Journey Justice Law Treat
You can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.
BARACK OBAMA

Failure Healing Inspirational Motivational Teaching
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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Belief Difficulty Faith God Hope Uncertain
We don’t turn back. We leave no one behind. We pull each other up.
BARACK OBAMA

Behind Each Other Leaving Let Go Praise
Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that family is the most important.
BARACK OBAMA

Build Family Live Present Remember Rock
Each of us deserves the freedom to pursue our own version of happiness. No one deserves to be bullied.
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Bullying Deserve Freedom Happiness Insult Pursue
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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Belief Birth Freedom Religious Right Women
A nation ringed by walls will only imprison itself.
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Imagination Nation Prision Wall
We don’t ask you to believe in our ability to bring change, rather, we ask you to believe in yours.
BARACK OBAMA

Ability Believe Change Confidence Trust Yourself
Greatness is never free; it must be earned.
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Attitude Earn Greatness Inspirational One Liner
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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Claim Eyes Lock Responsiblity Shape World
The best judge of whether or not a country is going to develop is how it treats its women
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Character Country Development Judgement Treat Women
If somebody is different from you, that’s not something you criticize, that’s something that you appreciate.
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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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Black Black Lives Matter Burden Destiny Greatness Strong
When our interests and values are at stake, we have a responsibility to act.
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Act Interest Responsiblity Stake Value
It should be the power of our vote, not the size of our bank accounts, that drives our democracy.
BARACK OBAMA

Account Bank Democracy Money Power Vote
A nation that can’t control its energy sources can’t control its future.
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Control Energy Future Inspirational Nation
One voice can change a room, and if one voice can change a room, then it can change a city, and if it can change a city, it can change a state, and if it change a state, it can change a nation, and if it can change a nation, it can change the world. Your voice can change the world.
BARACK OBAMA

Change Inspirational Nation Room World
We lose ourselves when we compromise the very ideals that we fight to defend. And we honor those ideals by upholding them not when it’s easy, but when it is hard.
BARACK OBAMA

Compromise Defend Fight Honor Ideal Ourselves
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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Benefit Government Income Long Nothing People Stop
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.
BARACK OBAMA

Economy Education Knowledge Opportunity Path Value
Take off your bedroom slippers, put on your marching shoes. Shake it off. Stop complaining, stop grumbling, stop crying. We are going to press on. We’ve got work to do.
BARACK OBAMA

Bedroom Crying Gratitude Hustle Motivational Shoes
Any time bombs are used to target civilians it is an act of terror.
BARACK OBAMA

Action Bomb Civil Fear Terrorism Traget
When ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, you don’t really have to do anything, you just let them talk.
BARACK OBAMA

Advertise Folk Ignorance Ignorant Talk Want
Love and hope can conquer hate.
BARACK OBAMA

Conquer Expectation Hate Hope Love One Liner
Who you are and who you love should never be a fireable offense.
BARACK OBAMA

Love Offense Respect

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