"It is this world, a world where..." - Quote by Barack Obama
It is this world, a world where cruise ships throw away more food in a day than most residents of Port-au-Prince see in a year, where white folks' greed runs a world in need, apartheid in one hemisphere, apathy in another hemisphere...That's the world! On which hope sits!
More by Barack Obama
“Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.”
“Things change pretty rapidly. But they don't change inevitably. They change because you work for it.”
“Understand, our police officers put their lives on the line for us every single day. They've got a tough job to do to maintain public safety and hold accountable those who break the law.”
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More on Poverty
“There is a solitude in poverty, but a solitude which restores to each thing its value.”
“When I am king they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books, for a full belly is little worth where the mind is starved.”
“Government exists to defend the weak and the poor and the injured party; the rich and the strong can better take care of themselves.”