"It's not enough to celebrate the ideals..." - Quote by Barack Obama
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.
More by Barack Obama
“I delivered a clear and forceful message that although we recognize Russia's intelligence gathering will sometimes take place even if we don't like it, there's a difference between that than either meddling with elections or going after private organizations or commercial entities, and that we're monitoring it carefully, and we will respond appropriately if and when we see this happening.”
“My goal is not to resolve conflicts and tensions in the region through more war. My goal is to make sure that, you know, we are able to negotiate a deal that we can verify.”
“I decided to become a community organizer ... Change won't come from the top, I would say. Change will come from a mobilized grass roots.”
More on Social Justice
“A pacifism which can see the cruelties only of occasional military warfare and is blind to the continuous cruelties of our social system is worthless.”
“Opportunities for education should be within the reach of every individual, not for the lucky few.”
“Let us give practical recognition to the injustices of the past,by building a future based on equality&social justice”
More on Equality
“Hail, follow, well met, All dirty and wet: Find out, if you can, Who's master, who's man.”
“Some Socialists seem to believe that people should be numbers in a State computer. We believe they should be individuals. We are all unequal. No one, thank heavens, is like anyone else, however much the Socialists may pretend otherwise. We believe that everyone has the right to be unequal but to us every human being is equally important.”
“Women who try to be equivalent with men need desire.”