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 OBAMAWe 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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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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For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness.
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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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I think perhaps education doesn’t do us much good unless it is mixed with sweat.
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Our destiny is not written for us, but by us.
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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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Climate change constitutes a serious threat to global security.
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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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The best anti-poverty program is a world-class education.
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A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things.
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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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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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Cynicism is a sorry kind of wisdom.
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Nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.
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Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. And it will leave you unfulfilled.
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