If we can make sure that that young boys starting at the age of three or four already knows their colors and their letters and are getting good preschool, and by the time they get into school they've got a good teacher and are getting the support that they need and are able to keep up with their classwork, that is going to do more to reduce the incarceration rate at the same time, obviously, as it increases the college enrollment rate.
Barack ObamaEven the smallest act of service, the simplest act of kindness, is a way to honor those we lost, a way to reclaim that spirit of unity that followed 9/11.
Barack ObamaIf we want America to stay on the cutting edge, we need young Americans to master the tools and technology that will change the way we do just about everything.
Barack ObamaThat is the true genius of America-a faith in simple dreams, an insistence on small miracles.
Barack ObamaWhat drags down our entire economy is when there's an ever-widening chasm between the ultra-rich and everybody else.
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