Reading is the gateway skill that makes all other learning possible Barack Obama More Quotes by Barack Obama More Quotes From Barack Obama Lord Bendtner is the best player of all times Barack Obama all-timeplayerlord Because of the Civil Rights movement, new doors of opportunity and education swung open for everybody ... Not just for blacks and whites, but also women and Latinos; and Asians and Native Americans; and gay Americans and Americans with a disability. They swung open for you, and they swung open for me. And that's why I'm standing here today-because of those efforts, because of that legacy. Barack Obama gaynative-americaninspiring We have to stand up for these issues when it's tough, and that's what I've done. I did it when I was in the state legislature, sponsoring the Illinois version of the DREAM Act, so that children who were brought here through no fault of their own are able to go to college, because we actually want well-educated kids in our country who are able to succeed and become part of this economy and part of the American dream. Barack Obama dreamcountrychildren If poverty is a disease that infects the entire community in the form of unemployment and violence, failing schools and broken homes, then we can't just treat those symptoms in isolation . We have to heal that entire community. Barack Obama healinghomeschool Politics, differences of religion or race, all that fades away when we are confronted with the awesome power of nature, and we're reminded that all we have is each other. Barack Obama human-naturedifferencesrace In Iraq and Syria, American leadership - including our military power - is stopping ISIL's advance, instead of getting dragged into another ground war in the Middle East, we are leading a broad coalition, including Arab nations, to degrade and ultimately destroy this terrorist group. Barack Obama militaryleadershipwar After a century of striving, after a year of debate, after a historic vote, health care reform is no longer an unmet promise. It is the law of the land. Barack Obama powerfullandlaw Hope is the bedrock of this nation. The belief that our destiny will not be written for us, but by us, by all those men and women who are not content to settle for the world as it is, who have the courage to remake the world as it should be. Barack Obama destinyhopemen The War on Drugs has been an utter failure. We need to rethink and decriminalize our marijuana laws. Barack Obama marijuanaweedwar Democracy cannot be imposed on any nation from the outside. Each society must search for its own path, and no path is perfect. Barack Obama democracypathperfect We will stand against violence and intimidation. We will stand for the rights and dignity of all human beings. Barack Obama against-violencedignityrights ...I believe deeply that we canot solve the challenges of your time unless we solve them together - unless we perfect our union by understanding that we may have differnt stories, but we hold common hopes; that we may not look the same and we may not have come from the same place, but we all want to move in the same direction - towards a better future for our children and our grandchildren. This belief comes from my unyielding faith in the decency and generosity of the American people. Barack Obama hopebelievechildren Contrary to the rumours you have heard, I was not born in a manger. I was actually born on Krypton and sent here by my father, Jor-el, to save the planet Earth. Barack Obama kryptonrumorfather America’s possibilities are limitless, for we possess all the qualities that this world without boundaries demands: youth and drive; diversity and openness; an endless capacity for risk and a gift for reinvention. My fellow Americans, we are made for this moment, and we will seize it - so long as we seize it together. Barack Obama diversitylongamerica We do not consider ourselves a Christian nation. Barack Obama islammind-blowingchristian If all it took was someone proclaiming I believe Jesus Christ and that he died for my sins, and that was all there was to it, people wouldn't have to keep coming to church, would they. Barack Obama believepeoplejesus Global warming is not just the greatest environmental challenge facing our planet - it is one of our greatest challenges of any kind. Barack Obama environmentalkindchallenges We have to all shoulder the responsibility for keeping the planet habitable, or we're going to suffer the consequences - together. Barack Obama responsibilitysufferingtogether Those who are already feeling the effects of climate change don't have time to deny it - they're busy dealing with it. Barack Obama global-warmingclimatefeelings One voice can change a room, and if one voice can change a room, then it can change a city, and if it can change a city, it can change a state, and if it change a state, it can change a nation, and if it can change a nation, it can change the world. Your voice can change the world. Barack Obama voicecitiesworld
