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Barack Obama

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

Barack Obama

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Barack Obama is emphasizing that waiting for someone else to solve problems or for a better moment is ineffective. Instead, he insists that individuals themselves must take responsibility and action to create the improvements they want to see.

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