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Barack Obama3 quotes
We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things. The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choose our better history; to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to generation: the God-given promise that all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness. — Barack Obama · 2009We are true to our creed when a little girl born into the bleakest poverty knows that she has the same chance to succeed as anybody else, because she is an American; she is free, and she is equal, not just in the eyes of God but also in our own. — Barack Obama · 2013We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths—that all of us are created equal—is the star that guides us still; just as it guided our forebears through Seneca Falls, and Selma, and Stonewall. — Barack Obama · 2013Bandit1 quote
For the good old American life: for the money, for the glory, and for the fun...mostly for the money. — Bandit · 1977George W. Bush1 quote
Our democratic faith is more than the creed of our country, it is the inborn hope of our humanity, an ideal we carry but do not own, a trust we bear and pass along. And even after nearly 225 years, we have a long way yet to travel. — George W. Bush · 2001Langston Hughes1 quote
O, let America be America again—
The land that never has been yet—
And yet must be—the land where every man is free. — Langston Hughes · 1936Woodrow Wilson1 quote
The day has come when America is privileged to spend her blood and her might for the principles that gave her birth and happiness and the peace which she has treasured. — Woodrow Wilson · 1917