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.
BARACK OBAMA, SR.Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency.
More Barack Obama Quotes
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Change is never easy, but always possible.
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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 should be the power of our vote, not the size of our bank accounts, that drives our democracy.
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Cynicism is a sorry kind of wisdom.
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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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I want every young man who sees me to know that I’m not that different from them. I wasn’t born into wealth. I wasn’t born into fame. I made a lot of mistakes – but I kept at it.
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On every continent, there are girls who will go on to change the world in ways we can only imagine, if only we allow them the freedom to dream.
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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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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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The best judge of whether or not a country is going to develop is how it treats its women
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One of the best investments we can make in a child’s life is high-quality early education.
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Find somebody to be successful for. Raise their hopes. Rise to their needs.
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Where you are right now doesn’t have to determine where you’ll end up.
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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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