When our government is spoken of as some menacing, threatening foreign entity, it ignores the fact that, in our democracy, government is us.
BARACK OBAMAA nation that can’t control its energy sources can’t control its future.
More Barack Obama Quotes
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History doesn’t always move in a straight line. Sometimes it zigs and zags.
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Greatness is never free; it must be earned.
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Where there is no experience the wise man is silent.
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The opportunity will not remain open indefinitely.
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If you give up on the idea that your voice can make a difference, then other voices will fill the void.
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You can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.
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For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness.
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Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency.
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No one built this country on their own. This nation is great because we built it together.
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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.
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Someone once said that every man is trying to live up to his father’s expectations or make up for their father’s mistakes.
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A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things.
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When times get tough, we don’t give up. We get up.
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No, you can’t deny women their basic rights and pretend it’s about your ‘religious freedom’. If you don’t like birth control, don’t use it. Religious freedom doesn’t mean you can force others to live by your own beliefs.
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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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Change is never easy, but always possible.
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Each of us deserves the freedom to pursue our own version of happiness. No one deserves to be bullied.
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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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I think perhaps education doesn’t do us much good unless it is mixed with sweat.
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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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Climate change constitutes a serious threat to global security.
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Reading is important. If you know how to read then the whole world opens up to you
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Where you are right now doesn’t have to determine where you’ll end up.
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Yes We Can!
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I’m a warrior for the middle class.
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Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance.
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