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Rather Quotes by Barack Obama
- Our journey is not complete until we find a better way to welcome the striving, hopeful immigrants who still see America as a land of…
- What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility - a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties…
- Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns into universal, rather than religion-specific, values.
- We too often let the material things serve as indicators that we're doing well, even though something inside us tells us that were not doing…
- We are reminded that in the fleeting time we have on this Earth, what matters is not wealth or status or power or fame, but…
- Rather than pointing fingers or assigning blame, let’s use this occasion to expand our moral imaginations, to listen to each other more carefully, to sharpen…
- Rather than double-down on the top-down economics that let a fortunate few play by their own rules, let’s embrace an economic patriotism that says we…
- We don't ask you to believe in our ability to bring change, rather, we ask you to believe in yours.
- In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given. It must be earned. Our journey has never been one…
- It is the kindness to take in a stranger when the levees break; the selflessness of workers who would rather cut their hours than see…
- Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns in to universal, rather than religion-specific, values... it requires that their proposals be subject to argument…
- I was able to see faith as more than just a comfort to the weary or a hedge against death; rather, it was an active,…
- We still need laws that strengthen rather than weaken unions, and give American workers a voice.
More Rather Quotes
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we… — Aristotle
- The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
- Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because… — Aristotle
- Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals,… — Aristotle
- Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the… — Mahmoud Abbas
- Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They want their… — Karen Armstrong
- We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about Santa Claus;… — Karen Armstrong
- Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and it the… — Karen Armstrong
- The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this planet and our visions go rather further… — Neil Armstrong
- The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing. — Isaac Asimov