To be black was to be the beneficiary of a great inheritance, a special destiny, glorious burdens that only we were strong enough to bear.
BARACK OBAMAI wouldn’t be the man I am today without the woman who agreed to marry me 20 years ago
More Barack Obama Quotes
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There is no excuse for not trying.
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We don’t turn back. We leave no one behind. We pull each other 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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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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When ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, you don’t really have to do anything, you just let them talk.
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Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it’s only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.
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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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Let us remember that we can do these things not just because of wealth or power, but because of who we are: one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
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Climate change constitutes a serious threat to global security.
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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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Persevere. Nothing worthwhile is easy.
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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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Don’t shortchange the future, because of fear in the present.
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It should be the power of our vote, not the size of our bank accounts, that drives our democracy.
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