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.
BARACK OBAMANo, 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.
More Barack Obama Quotes
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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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We don’t turn back. We leave no one behind. We pull each other up.
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Greatness is never free; it must be earned.
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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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Cynicism is a sorry kind of wisdom.
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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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As we look forward to the New Year, let’s resolve to recommit ourselves to the values we share.
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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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When ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, you don’t really have to do anything, you just let them talk.
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Our destiny is not written for us, but by us.
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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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Don’t shortchange the future, because of fear in the present.
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We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it.
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The sweetest sound I know is the Muslim call to prayer.
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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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