One of the best investments we can make in a child’s life is high-quality early education.
BARACK OBAMAYou didn’t elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear. You elected me to tell you the truth.
More Barack Obama Quotes
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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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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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We don’t turn back. We leave no one behind. We pull each other up.
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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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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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Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency.
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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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Cynicism is a sorry kind of wisdom.
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Who you are and who you love should never be a fireable offense.
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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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While we breathe, we will hope.
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I wish the country had fewer lawyers and more engineers.
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Our stories may be singular, but our destination is shared.
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Why can’t I just eat my waffle?
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It should be the power of our vote, not the size of our bank accounts, that drives our democracy.
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