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.
BARACK OBAMAWe may not be able to stop evil in the world, but how we treat one another is entirely up to us.
More Barack Obama Quotes
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I think, as you get older, that’s when your ambitions become “peculiar”.
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Don’t shortchange the future, because of fear in the present.
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You can put lipstick on a pig. It’s still a pig.
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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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Who you are and who you love should never be a fireable offense.
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The opportunity will not remain open indefinitely.
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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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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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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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I’m a warrior for the middle class.
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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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We are the change we have been waiting for.
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You can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.
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There is no excuse for not trying.
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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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