It's not enough to celebrate the ideals that we're built on, liberty and justice and equality for all. Those just can't be words on paper, the work of every generation is to make those words mean something, concrete in the lives of our children. And we won't get there as long as kids in Baltimore or Ferguson or New York or Appalachia or the Mississippi delta or the Pine Ridge reservation believe that their lives are somehow worthless.
Barack ObamaWe will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories.
Barack ObamaLet's make two things clear: Isil is not "Islamic." No religion condones the killing of innocents, and the vast majority of Isil's victims have been Muslim. And Isil is certainly not a state.
Barack ObamaWhat Iโve realized is that life doesnโt count for much unless youโre willing to do your small part to leave our children โ all of our children โ a better world. Any fool can have a child. That doesnโt make you a father. Itโs the courage to raise a child that makes you a father.
Barack Obama