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Barack Obama Quote - The worst thing that colonialism did was to cloud our view of our past.

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

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To be black was to be the beneficiary of a great inheritance, a special destiny, glorious burdens that only we were strong enough to bear.
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Black Black Lives Matter Burden Destiny Greatness Strong
Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it’s only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.
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Just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail.
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Reading makes all other learning possible. We have to get books into our children’s hands early and often.
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Don’t shortchange the future, because of fear in the present.
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Change Fear Future One Liner Present
A lot of shelter dogs are mutts like me.
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I wish the country had fewer lawyers and more engineers.
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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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Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that family is the most important.
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Build Family Live Present Remember Rock
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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Claim Eyes Lock Responsiblity Shape World
We lose ourselves when we compromise the very ideals that we fight to defend. And we honor those ideals by upholding them not when it’s easy, but when it is hard.
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Compromise Defend Fight Honor Ideal Ourselves
A nation that can’t control its energy sources can’t control its future.
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Control Energy Future Inspirational Nation
A nation ringed by walls will only imprison itself.
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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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Love and hope can conquer hate.
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The best anti-poverty program is a world-class education.
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Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it.
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It’s important to make sure that we’re talking with each other in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds.
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Each Other Friendship Love Talk Wound
Don’t just get involved. Fight for your seat at the table. Better yet, fight for a seat at the head of the table.
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Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law.
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Theoretically, there is nothing that can stop the government from taxing 100 per cent of income so long as the people get benefits from the government commensurate with their income which is taxed.
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As we look forward to the New Year, let’s resolve to recommit ourselves to the values we share.
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The opportunity will not remain open indefinitely.
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Hope – Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty. The audacity of hope! In the end, that is God’s greatest gift to us. A belief in things not seen. A belief that there are better days ahead.
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Why can’t I just eat my waffle?
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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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Someone once said that every man is trying to live up to his father’s expectations or make up for their father’s mistakes.
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