"... our interests and our conscience compel..." - Quote by Barack Obama
... our interests and our conscience compel us to act on behalf of those who long for freedom. And we must be a source of hope to the poor, the sick, the marginalized, the victims of prejudice.
More by Barack Obama
“Winnie the Pooh seems to me to be a fundamental text on national security.”
“Right around my first year of college - I remember "Song of Solomon," by Toni Morrison, just moved me tremendously. The power of language and how it can peel back truths, bring things to the surface. So I learned a lot from fiction.”
“If a jayvee team puts on Lakers uniforms, that doesn't make them Kobe Bryant.”
More on Social Justice
“If it is true that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, isn't it also true a society is only as healthy as its sickest citizen and only as wealthy as its most deprived?”
“The supreme duty of the Nation is the conservation of human resources through an enlightened measure of social and industrial justice. We pledge ourselves to work unceasingly in State and Nation for ... the protection of home life against the hazards of sickness, irregular employment and old age through the adoption of a system of social insurance adapted to American use.”
“Opportunities for education should be within the reach of every individual, not for the lucky few.”
More on Freedom
“How easy it is to repel and release every impression which is troublesome and immediately to be tranquil.”
“I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.”
“Those of us who submitted or surrendered our ideas and dreams and identities to the 'leaders' must take back our rights, our identities, our responsibilities.”