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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.

Barack Obama

The worst thing that colonialism did was to cloud our view of our past.
BARACK OBAMA

History Past View Worst
Who you are and who you love should never be a fireable offense.
BARACK OBAMA

Love Offense Respect
You might be locked in a world not of your own making, her eyes said, but you still have a claim on how it is shaped. You still have responsibilities.
BARACK OBAMA

Claim Eyes Lock Responsiblity Shape World
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.
BARACK OBAMA

Belief Birth Freedom Religious Right Women
Any time bombs are used to target civilians it is an act of terror.
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Action Bomb Civil Fear Terrorism Traget
Change is never easy, but always possible.
BARACK OBAMA

Belief Change Confidence Inspirational One Liner Possible
We don’t turn back. We leave no one behind. We pull each other up.
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Behind Each Other Leaving Let Go Praise
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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Born Different Man Mistake Wealth Young
I think a basic principle of our Constitution is nobody above the law
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Constituation Law Nation Principle Thinking
One voice can change a room, and if one voice can change a room, then it can change a city, and if it can change a city, it can change a state, and if it change a state, it can change a nation, and if it can change a nation, it can change the world. Your voice can change the world.
BARACK OBAMA

Change Inspirational Nation Room World
What makes you a man is not the ability to make a child, it’s the courage to raise one.
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Ability Children Courage Man Raise
There is no excuse for not trying.
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Failure Motivational One Liner Success
Why can’t I just eat my waffle?
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Deep Eat Insult Interfere One Linner
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.
BARACK OBAMA

God Justice Liberty Patriotism Power Wealth
Just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail.
BARACK OBAMA

Deep Hammer Healing Inspirational Nails Problem
If somebody is different from you, that’s not something you criticize, that’s something that you appreciate.
BARACK OBAMA

Appreciate Criticize Different Praise

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