The best judge of whether or not a country is going to develop is how it treats its women
BARACK OBAMAThe best judge of whether or not a country is going to develop is how it treats its women
BARACK OBAMAIn the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.
BARACK OBAMAEach of us deserves the freedom to pursue our own version of happiness. No one deserves to be bullied.
BARACK OBAMAOur stories may be singular, but our destination is shared.
BARACK OBAMAThe worst thing that colonialism did was to cloud our view of our past.
BARACK OBAMATransparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency.
BARACK OBAMAFind somebody to be successful for. Raise their hopes. Rise to their needs.
BARACK OBAMAThe 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.
BARACK OBAMAMaking your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it.
BARACK OBAMAI think, as you get older, that’s when your ambitions become “peculiar”.
BARACK OBAMAYou didn’t elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear. You elected me to tell you the truth.
BARACK OBAMAThe real test is not whether you avoid failure, because you won’t. It’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it.
BARACK OBAMAWhere there is no experience the wise man is silent.
BARACK OBAMAGreatness is never free; it must be earned.
BARACK OBAMAAny time bombs are used to target civilians it is an act of terror.
BARACK OBAMAOf all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that family is the most important.
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