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Than Quotes by Barack Obama
- Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's only when you…
- I can make a firm pledge, under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not…
- It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to where we are today, but we have just begun. Today we begin in…
- And we can see the positive impacts right here at Solyndra. Less than a year ago, we were standing on what was an empty lot.But…
- But let me perfectly clear, because I know you'll hear the same old claims that rolling back these tax breaks means a massive tax increase…
- The fact that my 15 minutes of fame has extended a little longer than 15 minutes is somewhat surprising to me and completely baffling to…
- And we have done more in the two and a half years that I've been in here than the previous 43 Presidents to uphold that…
- We all knew this. We all knew that it would take more time than any of us want to dig ourselves out of this hole…
- For more than four decades, the Libyan people have been ruled by a tyrant - Moammar Gaddafi. He has denied his people freedom, exploited their…
- Our friends at the Republican convention were more than happy to talk about everything they think is wrong with America, but they didn't have much…
- You can choose a future where more Americans have the chance to gain the skills they need to compete, no matter how old they are…
- In the white community, the path to a more perfect union means acknowledging that what ails the African-American community does not just exist in the…
- You have young men of color in many communities who are more likely to end up in jail or in the criminal justice system than…
- Whether our forebears were strangers who crossed the Atlantic or the Pacific or the Rio Grande, we are here only because this country welcomed them…
More Than Quotes
- I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling… — Hank Aaron
- Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once… — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- As a kid, 'Star Wars' was much more my thing than 'Star Trek' was. — J. J. Abrams
- Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip. — Aristophanes
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle