Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it.
BARACK OBAMAMaking your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it.
BARACK OBAMAClimate change constitutes a serious threat to global security.
BARACK OBAMAOur destiny is not written for us, but by us.
BARACK OBAMAChange is never easy, but always possible.
BARACK OBAMAWe may not be able to stop evil in the world, but how we treat one another is entirely up to us.
BARACK OBAMADon’t just get involved. Fight for your seat at the table. Better yet, fight for a seat at the head of the table.
BARACK OBAMAOur stories may be singular, but our destination is shared.
BARACK OBAMAEmpathy is a quality of character that can change the world.
BARACK OBAMAChange will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
BARACK OBAMAOn every continent, there are girls who will go on to change the world in ways we can only imagine, if only we allow them the freedom to dream.
BARACK OBAMATo 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 don’t ask you to believe in our ability to bring change, rather, we ask you to believe in yours.
BARACK OBAMAA 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.
BARACK OBAMAThe worst thing that colonialism did was to cloud our view of our past.
BARACK OBAMAWhen our interests and values are at stake, we have a responsibility to act.
BARACK OBAMAA nation that can’t control its energy sources can’t control its future.
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