When our interests and values are at stake, we have a responsibility to act.
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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The best judge of whether or not a country is going to develop is how it treats its women
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The worst thing that colonialism did was to cloud our view of our past.
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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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The future must not belong to those who bully women. It must be shaped by girls who go to school and those who stand for a world where our daughters can live their dreams just like our sons.
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Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance.
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Where you are right now doesn’t have to determine where you’ll end up.
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Cynicism is a sorry kind of wisdom.
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I think a basic principle of our Constitution is nobody above the law
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The future belongs to young people with an education and the imagination to create.
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Find somebody to be successful for. Raise their hopes. Rise to their needs.
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We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it.
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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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When times get tough, we don’t give up. We get up.
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You can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.
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We must act, knowing that our work will be imperfect.
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