"America’s possibilities are limitless, for we possess..." - Quote by Barack Obama
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.
More by Barack Obama
“Hostility and hatred are no match for justice; they offer no pathway to peace.”
“What is certainly true is that the American people, just like the German people, just like the British and people around the world, are seeing extraordinarily rapid change. The world is shrinking, the economies have become much more integrated and demographics are shifting.”
“We can be civil to each other, and we can try to express ourselves acknowledging that we're all patriots, we're all Americans, and not assume the absolute worst in people's motives.”
More on American Identity
“Americans love to fight, traditionally. All real Americans love the sting and clash of battle.”
“. . . And always remember that you are Americans, and it is your birthright to dream great dreams in this sweet and blessed land, truly the greatest, freest, strongest nation on Earth.”
“We can't afford to stand pat while the world races by. The United States of America did not become the most prosperous nation on Earth by sheer luck or happenstance. We got here because each time a generation of Americans has faced a changing world, we have changed with it. We have not feared our future; we have shaped it.”
More on Future
“This union may never be perfect, but generation after generation has shown that it can always be perfected.”
“If you wonder what you were doing in the past, look at your body; to know what will happen to you in the future, look at your mind.”
“We cannot speak in football in the long-term because everything can happen and a lot of players have gotten in trouble because they speak too early and I don't want to make that mistake.”