A child’s course in life should be determined not by the zip code she’s born in, but by the strength of her work ethic and the scope of her dreams.
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 didn’t elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear. You elected me to tell you the truth.
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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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A lot of shelter dogs are mutts like me.
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We don’t ask you to believe in our ability to bring change, rather, we ask you to believe in yours.
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I think a basic principle of our Constitution is nobody above the law
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Nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.
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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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Reading is important. If you know how to read then the whole world opens up to you
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The opportunity will not remain open indefinitely.
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Our stories may be singular, but our destination is shared.
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What makes you a man is not the ability to make a child, it’s the courage to raise one.
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Climate change constitutes a serious threat to global security.
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History doesn’t always move in a straight line. Sometimes it zigs and zags.
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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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As we look forward to the New Year, let’s resolve to recommit ourselves to the values we share.
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