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A nation ringed by walls will only imprison itself.

Barack Obama

We lose ourselves when we compromise the very ideals that we fight to defend. And we honor those ideals by upholding them not when it’s easy, but when it is hard.
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Compromise Defend Fight Honor Ideal Ourselves
Our stories may be singular, but our destination is shared.
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Destination Share Story Success Victory
One of the best investments we can make in a child’s life is high-quality early education.
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Children Education Investment Knowledge Quality
The real test is not whether you avoid failure, because you won’t. It’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it.
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Avoid Failure Inspirational Learning Patience Shame
If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.
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Business Path Progress Right Success Walk
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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Democracy Entity Foreign Government Ignorance Speak
As we look forward to the New Year, let’s resolve to recommit ourselves to the values we share.
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Beginning Commitment New Year Ourselves Resolution Value
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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Determination Goodness Hope Hopeless Wait Yourself
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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Bedroom Crying Gratitude Hustle Motivational Shoes
When our interests and values are at stake, we have a responsibility to act.
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Act Interest Responsiblity Stake Value
No religion is responsible for terrorism. People are responsible for violence and terrorism.
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People Religion Responsible Terrorism Violence War
Nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.
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Change Inspirational Power Stand Voice
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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Ability Believe Change Confidence Trust Yourself
Hope – Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty. The audacity of hope! In the end, that is God’s greatest gift to us. A belief in things not seen. A belief that there are better days ahead.
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Belief Difficulty Faith God Hope Uncertain
The best judge of whether or not a country is going to develop is how it treats its women
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Character Country Development Judgement Treat Women
A nation that can’t control its energy sources can’t control its future.
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Control Energy Future Inspirational Nation

A nation ringed by walls will only imprison itself.

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