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Life Quotes by Barack Obama

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Barack Obama talks about how education opens doors to a middle‑class life and gives people choices. He says love and family are among the hardest things to find and keep, like a birth certificate. He also believes a child’s future should depend on hard work and big dreams, not on the neighborhood they are born in.

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Nothing in life that’s worth anything is easy.

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We are God's partners in matters of life and death.

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“Our values call upon us to care about the lives of people we will never meet.”

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Constitution is a living document; no strict constructionism.

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“If you are living life to its fullest, you will fail.”

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We will not apologise for our way of life.

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That is our generation's task, to make these works, these rights, these values of life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness…

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There is nothing worse than finding out your girlfriend is HIV positive when your wife is capable of ending your life, or…

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There are people in Iran who have the same aspirations as people all around the world for a better life.

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We live in a culture that discourages empathy. A culture that too often tells us our principal goal in life is to…

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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…

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I am reminded every day of my life, if not by events, then by my wife, that I am not a perfect…

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Life takes its own turns, makes its own demands, writes its own story, and along the way, we start to realize we…

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If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life.

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I think it is possible for the world to see a Palestinian state - I'm not going to put a time frame…

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Peace is not just the absence of war. True peace depends upon creating the opportunity that makes life worth living. And to…

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I actually think, when you're young, ambitions are somewhat common - you want to prove yourself. It may grow out of different…

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It probably wouldn't be good for our economy for a bunch of these jobs to come back because, there's no way that…

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This book [Dreams from My Father] was more of a reflection on my public life, now as a U.S. senator and before…

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And as husbands and fathers and brothers, we have to step up because every girl's life matters, every daughter deserves the same…

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I get letters from [people getting insurance] right now. "You saved my child's life." "I did not have to sell my home…

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Our unalienable right to life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness, those rights were stripped from college kids in Blackburg and…

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From the first moment a woman dared to speak that hope - dared to believe that the American Dream was meant for…

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So I came to my Christian faith later in life, and it was because the precepts of Jesus Christ spoke to me…

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But at the end of the day, the circumstances of your life what you look like, where you come from, how much…

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I've come to embrace the notion that I haven't done enough in my life. I've come to confirm that one's title, even…

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Grace Bell lived in Belhaven, North Carolina her entire life, all 100 years of her life. Just a few weeks ago Republicans…

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I think there are a lot of people who are involved in the Tea Party who have very real and sincere concerns…

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For half of the world's population, roughly three billion people around the world living on less than two dollars a day, an…

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What I consistently say to young people - I say it in the United States, but I'll say it here in Germany…

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“If there's a child on the south side of Chicago who can't read, that matters to me, even if it's not my…

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“We cannot know for certain how long we have here. We cannot foresee the trials or misfortunes that will test us along…

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One of the best investments we can make in a child’s life is high-quality early education.

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There are few things in life harder to find and more important to keep than love. Well, love and a birth certificate.

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I'm personally very grateful to my many friends in the Greek-American community, sons and daughters of Greece who have found success in…

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Education was the gateway to opportunity for me and for Michelle. And now more than ever, it is the gateway to a…

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If there's even one thing we can do - even one life we can save - we have an obligation to try

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One of the best investments we can make in a childs life is high-quality early education.

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I can be much more sarcastic and, I think, sometimes withering in my assessments of things than I allow to show in…

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I ask this Congress to declare that women should earn a living equal to their efforts.

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