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
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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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I wouldn’t be the man I am today without the woman who agreed to marry me 20 years ago
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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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We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it.
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We don’t ask you to believe in our ability to bring change, rather, we ask you to believe in yours.
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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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We may not be able to stop evil in the world, but how we treat one another is entirely up to us.
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Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency.
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The opportunity will not remain open indefinitely.
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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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Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.
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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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Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance.
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A nation ringed by walls will only imprison itself.
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I’m a warrior for the middle class.
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