Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency.
BARACK OBAMAGreatness is never free; it must be earned.
More Barack Obama Quotes
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History doesn’t always move in a straight line. Sometimes it zigs and zags.
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There is no excuse for not trying.
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Climate change constitutes a serious threat to global security.
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Change is never easy, but always possible.
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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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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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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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A child’s course in life should be determined not by the zip code she’s born in, but by the strength of her work ethic and the scope of her dreams.
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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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It’s not just enough to change the players. We’ve gotta change the game.
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I wish the country had fewer lawyers and more engineers.
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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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A nation that can’t control its energy sources can’t control its future.
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The best judge of whether or not a country is going to develop is how it treats its women
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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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