You can be completely right, and you still are going to have to engage folks who disagree with you. Being as uncompromising as possible, you will feel good about yourself, you will enjoy a certain moral purity, but you’re not going to get what you want.
Author: Barack Obama | Subjects: Communication, Life & Society, Personal Improvement, Relationships
So that’s what we mean when we say America is exceptional. Not that our nation has been flawless from the start, but that we have shown the capacity to change, and make life better for those who follow.
Yes, our progress has been uneven. The work of democracy has always been hard, contentious and sometimes bloody. For every two steps forward, it often feels we take … [ Read more ]
Authors: Barack Obama, Darlene Superville, Josh Lederman | Source: PBS NewsHour (January 10, 2017) | Subjects: Articles & Links, Excerpts, People, Politics & Public Policy