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.
BARACK OBAMAThe worst thing that colonialism did was to cloud our view of our past.
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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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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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It should be the power of our vote, not the size of our bank accounts, that drives our democracy.
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Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that family is the most important.
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The future belongs to young people with an education and the imagination to create.
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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.
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Nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.
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A nation ringed by walls will only imprison itself.
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We must act, knowing that our work will be imperfect.
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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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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.
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I’m a warrior for the middle class.
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Persevere. Nothing worthwhile is easy.
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I think perhaps education doesn’t do us much good unless it is mixed with sweat.
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Don’t shortchange the future, because of fear in the present.
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