Veronica Burroughs > Veronica's Quotes

“We are the change we have been waiting for.”
― Barack Obama

“In the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.”
― Barack Obama

“I'm inspired by the people I meet in my travels--hearing their stories, seeing the hardships they overcome, their fundamental optimism and decency. I'm inspired by the love people have for their children. And I'm inspired by my own children, how full they make my heart. They make me want to work to make the world a little bit better. And they make me want to be a better man.”
― Barack Obama

“In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.”
― Barack Obama

“If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.”
― Barack Obama

“If there's a child on the south side of Chicago who can't read, that matters to me, even if it's not my child. If there's a senior citizen somewhere who can't pay for their prescription, who has to choose between medicine and the rent, that makes my life poorer - even if it's not my grandparent. If there's an Arab-American or Mexican-American family being rounded up by John Ashcroft without benefit of an attorney or due process, I know that that threatens my civil liberties. And I don't have to be a woman to be concerned that the Supreme Court is trying to take away a woman's right, because I know that my rights are next. It is that fundamental belief - I am my brother’s keeper, I am my sister’s keeper - that makes this country work.”
― Barack Obama

“We don't ask you to believe in our ability to bring change, rather, we ask you to believe in yours.”
― Barack Obama

“I believe in evolution, scientific inquiry, and global warming; I believe in free speech, whether politically correct or politically incorrect, and I am suspicious of using government to impose anybody's religious beliefs -including my own- on nonbelievers.”
― Barack Obama, The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

“Nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.”
― Barack Obama

“Change we need”
― Barack Obama