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Greatness is never free; it must be earned.

Barack Obama

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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Election Government Leadership Politics President Truth
We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it.
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Fear Future Inspirational Motivational Shape Success
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.
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Blame Flobe Judgement Leadership People Society
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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Ambition Focus Life Poverty Realize Yourself
It’s not just enough to change the players. We’ve gotta change the game.
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Change Enough Game Hustle Motivational Player
Persevere. Nothing worthwhile is easy.
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One Liner Perseverance Struggle Worth
Any time bombs are used to target civilians it is an act of terror.
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When times get tough, we don’t give up. We get up.
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Business Give Up Inspirational Success Time Tough
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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If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.
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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
A nation that can’t control its energy sources can’t control its future.
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Control Energy Future Inspirational Nation
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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History doesn’t always move in a straight line. Sometimes it zigs and zags.
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In a global economy where the most valuable skill you can sell is your knowledge, a good education is no longer just a pathway to opportunity – it is a prerequisite.
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Don’t shortchange the future, because of fear in the present.
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