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Quotes from Cape Town University Address — Barack Obama

born 1961 United States

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But history tells us that true progress is only possible where governments exist to serve their people, and not the other way around.

Cape Town University Address (2013)

It is that spirit, that innate longing for justice and equality, for freedom and solidarity -- that’s the spirit that can light the way forward. It's in you.

Cape Town University Address (2013)

I believe that none of us are fully free when others in the human family remain shackled by poverty or disease or oppression.

Cape Town University Address (2013)

And that’s why we support societies that empower women -- because no country will reach its potential unless it draws on the talents of our wives and our mothers, and our sisters and our daughters.

Cape Town University Address (2013)

Now, I mentioned yesterday at the town hall -- like America’s first President, George Washington, he understood that democracy can only endure when it’s bigger than just one person. So his willingness to leave power was as profound as his ability to claim power.

Cape Town University Address (2013)

We always have the opportunity to choose our better history. We can always understand that most important decision -- the decision we make when we find our common humanity in one another. That’s always available to us, that choice.

Cape Town University Address (2013)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Barack Obama (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.