Barack Obama

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

We are not a collection of red states and blue states. We are, and always will be, the United States of America.

The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.

If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.

We prove that the American dream is not a lie, but a living truth. It's not a promise made only to some, but an opportunity offered to all.

The future rewards those who press on. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I'm going to press on.

We have always been and always will be a nation of immigrants.

Don't tell me words don't matter. 'I have a dream.' Just words. 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.' Just words. 'We the people.' Just words.

The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.

Hope is not blind optimism. It's not ignoring the enormity of the task ahead or the roadblocks ahead. It's that eternal flame inside all of us that says, 'We can do this.'

In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.

We are at a moment of great challenge and great promise. The world is changing, and we must change with it.

America is not a fragile thing. But it is precious. And we've got to fight for it.

Progress is never inevitable. It’s the result of choices we make together.

The cynics, the doubters, the ones who tell you that you can't, they're the ones who are going to be left behind.

We are bound by a common creed, a common destiny, and a common purpose.

The only way to make sure that we are living up to our ideals is to constantly examine ourselves and to constantly strive to do better.

There's not a liberal America and a conservative America - there's the United States of America.

We may not be able to stop all evil in the world, but we can make a difference.

Our destiny is not written for us, but by us.