A nation ringed by walls will only imprison itself.
BARACK OBAMAThe future belongs to young people with an education and the imagination to create.
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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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For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness.
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The sweetest sound I know is the Muslim call to prayer.
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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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I think a basic principle of our Constitution is nobody above the law
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Don’t shortchange the future, because of fear in the present.
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Just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail.
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Change is never easy, but always possible.
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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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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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You can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.
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Each of us deserves the freedom to pursue our own version of happiness. No one deserves to be bullied.
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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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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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I want every young man who sees me to know that I’m not that different from them. I wasn’t born into wealth. I wasn’t born into fame. I made a lot of mistakes – but I kept at it.
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