Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.
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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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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There is no excuse for not trying.
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Nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.
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Change 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.
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Why can’t I just eat my waffle?
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Climate change constitutes a serious threat to global security.
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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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Our stories may be singular, but our destination is shared.
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It is moments like these that force us to try harder, and dig deeper, and to discover gifts we never knew we had – to find the greatness that lies within each of us.
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Persevere. Nothing worthwhile is easy.
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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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I think perhaps education doesn’t do us much good unless it is mixed with sweat.
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When times get tough, we don’t give up. We get up.
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The sweetest sound I know is the Muslim call to prayer.
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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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