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.
BARACK OBAMAYou can put lipstick on a pig. It’s still a pig.
More Barack Obama Quotes
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Love and hope can conquer hate.
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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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Persevere. Nothing worthwhile is easy.
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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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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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Nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.
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I’m a warrior for the middle class.
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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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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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If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that.
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Any time bombs are used to target civilians it is an act of terror.
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Theoretically, there is nothing that can stop the government from taxing 100 per cent of income so long as the people get benefits from the government commensurate with their income which is taxed.
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Our destiny is not written for us, but by us.
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It’s not just enough to change the players. We’ve gotta change the game.
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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.
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