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Quotes from Remarks on Economic Mobility — Barack Obama

born 1961 United States

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There are practical consequences to rising inequality and reduced mobility.

Remarks on Economic Mobility (2013)

It means if you work hard, you should make a decent living. If you work hard, you should be able to support a family.

Remarks on Economic Mobility (2013)

The combined trends of increased inequality and decreasing mobility pose a fundamental threat to the American Dream, our way of life, and what we stand for around the globe.

Remarks on Economic Mobility (2013)

And your work reflects a tradition that runs through our history -- a belief that we’re greater together than we are on our own. And that’s what I’ve come here to talk about today.

Remarks on Economic Mobility (2013)

Now, the premise that we’re all created equal is the opening line in the American story. And while we don’t promise equal outcomes, we have strived to deliver equal opportunity -- the idea that success doesn’t depend on being born into wealth or privilege, it depends on effort and merit. And with every chapter we’ve added to that story, we’ve worked hard to put those words into practice.

Remarks on Economic Mobility (2013)

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