It’s important to make sure that we’re talking with each other in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds.
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.
More Barack Obama Quotes
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If somebody is different from you, that’s not something you criticize, that’s something that you appreciate.
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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 future belongs to young people with an education and the imagination to create.
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The sweetest sound I know is the Muslim call to prayer.
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When ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, you don’t really have to do anything, you just let them talk.
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Let us remember that we can do these things not just because of wealth or power, but because of who we are: one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
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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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It is moments like these that force us to try harder, and dig deeper, and to discover gifts we never knew we had – to find the greatness that lies within each of us.
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History doesn’t always move in a straight line. Sometimes it zigs and zags.
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When our interests and values are at stake, we have a responsibility to act.
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While we breathe, we will hope.
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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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Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that family is the most important.
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Our destiny is not written for us, but by us.
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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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In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.
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Take off your bedroom slippers, put on your marching shoes. Shake it off. Stop complaining, stop grumbling, stop crying. We are going to press on. We’ve got work to do.
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If you’re a strong man, you should not feel threatened by strong women.
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Who you are and who you love should never be a fireable offense.
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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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Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law.
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Where there is no experience the wise man is silent.
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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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One thing I don’t like is when you disrespect the law.
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There is no excuse for not trying.
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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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