History doesn’t always move in a straight line. Sometimes it zigs and zags.
BARACK OBAMAWhen 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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Change is never easy, but always possible.
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We are the change we have been waiting for.
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The worst thing that colonialism did was to cloud our view of our past.
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Don’t ever let anybody tell you that your efforts don’t matter or that your voice doesn’t count. Don’t ever believe that you can’t make a difference. You have.
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I’m a warrior for the middle class.
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I wouldn’t be the man I am today without the woman who agreed to marry me 20 years ago
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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.
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A nation that can’t control its energy sources can’t control its future.
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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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If you give up on the idea that your voice can make a difference, then other voices will fill the void.
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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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Reading is important. If you know how to read then the whole world opens up to you
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We may not be able to stop evil in the world, but how we treat one another is entirely up to us.
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The opportunity will not remain open indefinitely.
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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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