100+ Barack Obama Quotes | Minimalist Quotes

It’s important to make sure that we’re talking with each other in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds.
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Each Other Friendship Love Talk Wound
It should be the power of our vote, not the size of our bank accounts, that drives our democracy.
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Account Bank Democracy Money Power Vote
When our interests and values are at stake, we have a responsibility to act.
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Act Interest Responsiblity Stake Value
In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.
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Change Country Face Impossible Patriotism
We must act, knowing that our work will be imperfect.
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Action Business Hustle Imperfection Success
While we breathe, we will hope.
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Breathe Hope Inspirational One Liner
I’m a warrior for the middle class.
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Help Leadership One Liner President Warrior
The best judge of whether or not a country is going to develop is how it treats its women
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Character Country Development Judgement Treat Women
The best judge of whether or not a country is going to develop is how it treats its women
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Character Country Development Judgement Treat Women
You can put lipstick on a pig. It’s still a pig.
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Fashion Funny Humour Insult Lipstick Pig
Change is never easy, but always possible.
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Belief Change Confidence Inspirational One Liner Possible
Who you are and who you love should never be a fireable offense.
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Love Offense Respect
You might be locked in a world not of your own making, her eyes said, but you still have a claim on how it is shaped. You still have responsibilities.
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Claim Eyes Lock Responsiblity Shape World
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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Belief Birth Freedom Religious Right Women
One of the best investments we can make in a child’s life is high-quality early education.
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Children Education Investment Knowledge Quality
Reading makes all other learning possible. We have to get books into our children’s hands early and often.
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Book Children Hands Learning Possible Reading
We don’t turn back. We leave no one behind. We pull each other up.
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Behind Each Other Leaving Let Go Praise
The worst thing that colonialism did was to cloud our view of our past.
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History Past View Worst
Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
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Change Inspirational Person Seek Time Wait
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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Democracy Entity Foreign Government Ignorance Speak
Don’t just get involved. Fight for your seat at the table. Better yet, fight for a seat at the head of the table.
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Fight Gratitude Involvement Mind Motivational Table
If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.
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Business Path Progress Right Success Walk
Climate change constitutes a serious threat to global security.
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Change Climate Constitution One Liner Security Serious
No religion is responsible for terrorism. People are responsible for violence and terrorism.
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People Religion Responsible Terrorism Violence War
Our stories may be singular, but our destination is shared.
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Destination Share Story Success Victory
Greatness is never free; it must be earned.
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Attitude Earn Greatness Inspirational One Liner
For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness.
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Heritage Inspirational Strength Success Weakness

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