You can put lipstick on a pig. It’s still a pig.
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More Barack Obama Quotes
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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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As we look forward to the New Year, let’s resolve to recommit ourselves to the values we share.
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You didn’t elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear. You elected me to tell you the truth.
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A lot of shelter dogs are mutts like me.
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We are the change we have been waiting for.
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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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Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that family is the most important.
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The worst thing that colonialism did was to cloud our view of our past.
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The real test is not whether you avoid failure, because you won’t. It’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it.
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Love and hope can conquer hate.
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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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When times get tough, we don’t give up. We get up.
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Don’t shortchange the future, because of fear in the present.
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If you’re a strong man, you should not feel threatened by strong women.
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In a global economy where the most valuable skill you can sell is your knowledge, a good education is no longer just a pathway to opportunity – it is a prerequisite.
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