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.
BARACK OBAMAIf you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that.
More Barack Obama Quotes
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A lot of shelter dogs are mutts like me.
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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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We don’t turn back. We leave no one behind. We pull each other up.
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If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.
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Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance.
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When our interests and values are at stake, we have a responsibility to act.
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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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Each of us deserves the freedom to pursue our own version of happiness. No one deserves to be bullied.
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Together we resolve that a great nation must care for the vulnerable and protect its people from life’s worst hazards and misfortune.
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A nation that can’t control its energy sources can’t control its future.
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I’m a warrior for the middle class.
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History doesn’t always move in a straight line. Sometimes it zigs and zags.
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A lot of shelter dogs are mutts like me.
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I think perhaps education doesn’t do us much good unless it is mixed with sweat.
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Change is never easy, but always possible.
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Take off your bedroom slippers, put on your marching shoes. Shake it off. Stop complaining, stop grumbling, stop crying. We are going to press on. We’ve got work to do.
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We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it.
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For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness.
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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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While we breathe, we will hope.
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It’s not just enough to change the players. We’ve gotta change the game.
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Any time bombs are used to target civilians it is an act of terror.
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Greatness is never free; it must be earned.
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Reading makes all other learning possible. We have to get books into our children’s hands early and often.
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The sweetest sound I know is the Muslim call to prayer.
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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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