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.
BARACK OBAMAYou 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.
More Barack Obama Quotes
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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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Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law.
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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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While we breathe, we will hope.
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No religion is responsible for terrorism. People are responsible for violence and terrorism.
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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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Cynicism is a sorry kind of wisdom.
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If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.
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No one built this country on their own. This nation is great because we built it together.
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Persevere. Nothing worthwhile is easy.
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On every continent, there are girls who will go on to change the world in ways we can only imagine, if only we allow them the freedom to dream.
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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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The best judge of whether or not a country is going to develop is how it treats its women
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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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It is moments like these that force us to try harder, and dig deeper, and to discover gifts we never knew we had – to find the greatness that lies within each of us.
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