If you give up on the idea that your voice can make a difference, then other voices will fill the void.
BARACK OBAMAFocusing 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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For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness.
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I’m a warrior for the middle class.
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I think, as you get older, that’s when your ambitions become “peculiar”.
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You didn’t elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear. You elected me to tell you the truth.
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Find somebody to be successful for. Raise their hopes. Rise to their needs.
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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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Just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail.
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No religion is responsible for terrorism. People are responsible for violence and terrorism.
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When our interests and values are at stake, we have a responsibility to act.
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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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Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that family is the most important.
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Change is never easy, but always possible.
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There is no excuse for not trying.
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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.
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We don’t turn back. We leave no one behind. We pull each other up.
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