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.
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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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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Why can’t I just eat my waffle?
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You didn’t elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear. You elected me to tell you the truth.
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The best judge of whether or not a country is going to develop is how it treats its women
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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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We don’t ask you to believe in our ability to bring change, rather, we ask you to believe in yours.
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Climate change constitutes a serious threat to global security.
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History doesn’t always move in a straight line. Sometimes it zigs and zags.
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Greatness is never free; it must be earned.
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We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it.
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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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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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One thing I don’t like is when you disrespect the law.
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Each of us deserves the freedom to pursue our own version of happiness. No one deserves to be bullied.
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