We need a common enemy to unite us.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEPrejudice and bigotry are brought down…by the sheer force of determination of individuals to succeed and the refusal of a human being to let prejudice define the parameters of the possible.
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Every life is worthy and every life is capable of greatness. We have an obligation to make sure that opportunity for greatness is there.
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If I can look at your zip code and I can tell whether you’re going to get a good education, we’ve got a real problem.
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Differences can be a strength.
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Democracy is the most realistic way for diverse peoples to resolve their differences, and share power, and heal social divisions without violence or repression.
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You can never ask others to do something you would not do. That is integrity.
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There is nothing better than being in a classroom with really, really brilliant students, and opening up new worlds to them. That’s what I love doing.
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When somebody underestimated me, it made me want to prove them wrong.
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Every good leader is part manager and every good manager is part leader.
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I was born in segregated Birmingham, Alabama. I didn’t have a white classmate till we moved to Denver.
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We can’t rely – or no country can rely on just a single personality to carry it forward. And so what the American founding fathers understood was that institutions were built for human imperfection not human perfection.
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The essence of America – that which really unites us – is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion – it is an idea – and what an idea it is: That you can come from humble circumstances and do great things.
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Defeating human trafficking is a great moral calling of our time.
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People want to psychoanalyze me, but the fact is, I’m not that complicated. I’m pretty straightforward. And I’m not all that self-reflective, because I tend to be a doer.
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Today’s headlines and history’s judgement are not the same.
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NATO is built on security, but it’s also built on values.
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