The worst thing that colonialism did was to cloud our view of our past.
BARACK OBAMAIf somebody is different from you, that’s not something you criticize, that’s something that you appreciate.
More Barack Obama Quotes
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You can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.
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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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Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that family is the most important.
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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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If you give up on the idea that your voice can make a difference, then other voices will fill the void.
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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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Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.
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We must act, knowing that our work will be imperfect.
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Climate change constitutes a serious threat to global security.
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Our destiny is not written for us, but by us.
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Where you are right now doesn’t have to determine where you’ll end up.
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Focusing 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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No religion is responsible for terrorism. People are responsible for violence and terrorism.
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When our government is spoken of as some menacing, threatening foreign entity, it ignores the fact that, in our democracy, government is us.
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Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it’s only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.
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