History doesn’t always move in a straight line. Sometimes it zigs and zags.
BARACK OBAMAThe best judge of whether or not a country is going to develop is how it treats its women
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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 think perhaps education doesn’t do us much good unless it is mixed with sweat.
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It’s important to make sure that we’re talking with each other in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds.
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One of the best investments we can make in a child’s life is high-quality early education.
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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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Find somebody to be successful for. Raise their hopes. Rise to their needs.
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When our interests and values are at stake, we have a responsibility to act.
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Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.
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Cynicism is a sorry kind of wisdom.
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While we breathe, we will hope.
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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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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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Who you are and who you love should never be a fireable offense.
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If you’re a strong man, you should not feel threatened by strong women.
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Persevere. Nothing worthwhile is easy.
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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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You 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.
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We lose ourselves when we compromise the very ideals that we fight to defend. And we honor those ideals by upholding them not when it’s easy, but when it is hard.
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Change is never easy, but always possible.
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There is no excuse for not trying.
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Love and hope can conquer hate.
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The worst thing that colonialism did was to cloud our view of our past.
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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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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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Our stories may be singular, but our destination is shared.
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Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it.
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