"It was young people who stubbornly insisted..." - Quote by Barack Obama
It was young people who stubbornly insisted on justice, stubbornly refused to accept the world as it is that transformed not just the country but transformed the world.
More by Barack Obama
“We have got to dispel this myth that bullying is just a normal rite of passage.”
“At various periods in American history, people get pretty rambunctious when it comes to our democratic debate.”
“Sometimes we take somebody who's been in the trenches and fought the good fight and been steady for granted. Sometimes we act as if never having done something and not knowing what you're doing is a virtue.”
More on Youth
“Young people, nowadays, imagine that money is everything. Yes, murmured Lord Henry, settling his button-hole in his coat; and when they grow older they know it.”
“We were both young when I first saw you. I close my eyes and the flashback starts. I'm standin' there on a balcony in summer air.”
“You're still young. Being a true loser takes years of inaptitude”
More on Justice
“In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.”
“Settlements may be temporary, but the action of the nations in the interest of peace and justice must be permanent. We can set up permanent processes. We may not be able to set up permanent decisions.”
“Nothing can make injustice just but mercy.”