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Quotes from Remarks to the People of Cuba — Barack Obama

born 1961 United States

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And I've always believed in what Martin Luther King, Jr. called “the fierce urgency of now” -- we should not fear change, we should embrace it.

Remarks to the People of Cuba (2016)

But I believe those human rights are universal. I believe they are the rights of the American people, the Cuban people, and people around the world.

Remarks to the People of Cuba (2016)

Because workers can organize and ordinary people have a voice, American democracy has given our people the opportunity to pursue their dreams and enjoy a high standard of living.

Remarks to the People of Cuba (2016)

There’s still enormous problems in our society. But democracy is the way that we solve them. That's how we got health care for more of our people.

Remarks to the People of Cuba (2016)

And we -- like every country -- need the space that democracy gives us to change. It gives individuals the capacity to be catalysts to think in new ways, and to reimagine how our society should be, and to make them better.

Remarks to the People of Cuba (2016)

We do have challenges with racial bias -- in our communities, in our criminal justice system, in our society -- the legacy of slavery and segregation. But the fact that we have open debates within America’s own democracy is what allows us to get better.

Remarks to the People of Cuba (2016)

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