"Every president who has tried to bring..." - Quote by Barack Obama

“A child's course in life should be determined not by the zip code she's born in, but by the strength of her work ethic and the scope of her dreams.”

“And whether I earned your vote or not, I have listened to you. I have learned from you. And you’ve made me a better president. And with your stories and your struggles, I return to the White House more determined and more inspired than ever about the work there is to do and the future that lies ahead.”

“Our unalienable right to life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness, those rights were stripped from college kids in Blackburg and Santa Barbara, and from high schoolers at Columbine. And, and from first graders in Newtown, first graders.”

“Is any man afraid of change? Why what can take place without change? What then is more pleasing or more suitable to the universal nature?”

“Nor is it strange That after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same”

“I have a great respect for incremental improvement, and I've done that sort of thing in my life, but I've always been attracted to the more revolutionary changes. I don't know why. Because they're harder. They're much more stressful emotionally. And you usually go through a period where everybody tells you that you've completely failed.”

“I don't employ Talleyrand when I want a thing done, but only when I want to have the appearance of wanting to do it.”

“A man like me troubles himself little about a million men.”

“What constitutes a good manager in this field? He must be knowledgeable in the art with which he is concerned, an impresario, labor negotiator, diplomat, educator, publicity and public relations expert, politician, skilled businessman, a social sophisticate, a servant of the community, a tireless leader - becomingly humble before authority - a teacher, a tyrant, and a continuing student of the arts.”