"The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something."
"I came to believe that through the constant grind of politics, I might chip away at my own imperfections and limitations and broaden my circle of empathy."
"What I learned from those early years of community organizing was that change happens from the bottom up."
"Democracy is always a work in progress."
"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite."
"If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner."
"We were choosing a path that spoke to our optimism and our sense of possibility; that despite all our differences and the challenges we faced, we could come together to build a nation worthy of our children’s future."
"Our goal wasn’t just to win an election. It was to build a movement that could withstand the test of time."
"We are the ones we have been waiting for."
"Empathy doesn't just make you good; it makes you better."
"What's remarkable about America is not that we are perfect, but that we are always striving to be more perfect."
"I never really saw myself as a politician."
"The audacity of hope – that singular, unwavering faith in a country that, despite its flaws, has always been a source of inspiration and a beacon of freedom to the world."
"The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice."
"I was reminded that change is always fragile, that the assumptions of the past can too easily creep back in, that fear and division are much easier to mobilize than hope and unity."
"The truth is, if you want to solve the world's big problems, you have to find a way to work with people you don't necessarily agree with or even like."
"My identity might begin with the fact of my race, but it didn't, couldn't end there."
"In politics, there are no final victories, because there is no final destination."
"We've got to make sure that we're reaching out to young people and telling them that it's not enough just to believe in change. You've got to work for it."
"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."
"In America, anyone can become president. That's the problem."
"Our stories may be singular, but our destination is shared."
"To be connected to America’s causes – liberty, equal justice, respect for the dignity of all people – brings happiness more sublime than life’s fleeting pleasures. Our identities and sense of purpose are not circumscribed but enlarged by serving good causes with others."
"If you work hard and play by the rules, you deserve the opportunity to succeed."
"To pursue a world without wars between nations, we must first begin to change ourselves."
Written by Famous Author : Barack Obama
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