Each of us deserves the freedom to pursue our own version of happiness. No one deserves to be bullied.
BARACK OBAMAReading makes all other learning possible. We have to get books into our children’s hands early and often.
More Barack Obama Quotes
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Our destiny is not written for us, but by us.
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I want every young man who sees me to know that I’m not that different from them. I wasn’t born into wealth. I wasn’t born into fame. I made a lot of mistakes – but I kept at it.
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The worst thing that colonialism did was to cloud our view of our past.
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Change is never easy, but always possible.
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Persevere. Nothing worthwhile is easy.
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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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Let us remember that we can do these things not just because of wealth or power, but because of who we are: one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
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The 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.
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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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A nation ringed by walls will only imprison itself.
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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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It’s not just enough to change the players. We’ve gotta change the game.
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Who you are and who you love should never be a fireable offense.
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When our interests and values are at stake, we have a responsibility to act.
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What makes you a man is not the ability to make a child, it’s the courage to raise one.
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