"If we choose only to expose ourselves..." - Quote by Barack Obama
If we choose only to expose ourselves to opinions and viewpoints that are in line to our own, we become more polarized, more set in our own ways. It will only reinforce and deepen the political divides in our country. But if we choose to actively seek out information that challenges our assumptions and beliefs, perhaps we can begin to understand where the people who disagree with us are coming from.
More by Barack Obama
“There is a big part of me that has a writer's sensibility. And so that's how I think. That's how I pursue truth. That's how I hope to communicate truth to people.”
“We have to uphold a free press and freedom of speech - because, in the end, lies and misinformation are no match for the truth.”
“We know that every father has a personal responsibility to do right by their kids - to encourage them to turn off the video games and pick up a book; to teach them the difference between right and wrong; to show them through our own example the value in treating one another as we wish to be treated. And most of all, to play an active and engaged role in their lives.”
More on Open Mindedness
“To wonder at nothing when it happens, to consider nothing impossible before it has come to pass.”
“It is never too late to give up our prejudices.”
“It is never too late to give up our prejudices. No way of thinking or doing, however, ancient, can be trusted without proof. ... Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.”