If you give up on the idea that your voice can make a difference, then other voices will fill the void.
BARACK OBAMAYou can put lipstick on a pig. It’s still a pig.
More Barack Obama Quotes
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There is no excuse for not trying.
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Don’t ever let anybody tell you that your efforts don’t matter or that your voice doesn’t count. Don’t ever believe that you can’t make a difference. You have.
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History doesn’t always move in a straight line. Sometimes it zigs and zags.
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The future belongs to young people with an education and the imagination to create.
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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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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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Hope – Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty. The audacity of hope! In the end, that is God’s greatest gift to us. A belief in things not seen. A belief that there are better days ahead.
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A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things.
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You can put lipstick on a pig. It’s still a pig.
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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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When our interests and values are at stake, we have a responsibility to act.
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Don’t just get involved. Fight for your seat at the table. Better yet, fight for a seat at the head of the table.
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The best anti-poverty program is a world-class education.
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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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Just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail.
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