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.
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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Don’t shortchange the future, because of fear in the present.
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Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.
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I wouldn’t be the man I am today without the woman who agreed to marry me 20 years ago
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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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The best judge of whether or not a country is going to develop is how it treats its women
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Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it.
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Persevere. Nothing worthwhile is easy.
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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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We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it.
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The opportunity will not remain open indefinitely.
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History doesn’t always move in a straight line. Sometimes it zigs and zags.
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Change is never easy, but always possible.
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Cynicism is a sorry kind of wisdom.
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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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Greatness is never free; it must be earned.
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