No one built this country on their own. This nation is great because we built it together.
BARACK OBAMASomeone once said that every man is trying to live up to his father’s expectations or make up for their father’s mistakes.
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If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that.
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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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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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Find somebody to be successful for. Raise their hopes. Rise to their needs.
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To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society’s ills on the West – know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy.
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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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Someone once said that every man is trying to live up to his father’s expectations or make up for their father’s mistakes.
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To be black was to be the beneficiary of a great inheritance, a special destiny, glorious burdens that only we were strong enough to bear.
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Cynicism is a sorry kind of wisdom.
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Persevere. Nothing worthwhile is easy.
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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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I wish the country had fewer lawyers and more engineers.
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Yes We Can!
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No religion is responsible for terrorism. People are responsible for violence and terrorism.
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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.
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