You didn’t elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear. You elected me to tell you the truth.
BARACK OBAMAIt should be the power of our vote, not the size of our bank accounts, that drives our democracy.
More Barack Obama Quotes
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A lot of shelter dogs are mutts like me.
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Persevere. Nothing worthwhile is easy.
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Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance.
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The best anti-poverty program is a world-class education.
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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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Find somebody to be successful for. Raise their hopes. Rise to their needs.
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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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One voice can change a room, and if one voice can change a room, then it can change a city, and if it can change a city, it can change a state, and if it change a state, it can change a nation, and if it can change a nation, it can change the world. Your voice can change the world.
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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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A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things.
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Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency.
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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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History doesn’t always move in a straight line. Sometimes it zigs and zags.
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I think, as you get older, that’s when your ambitions become “peculiar”.
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The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.
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