President Barack Obama

"My mother was the one constant in my life. When I think about my mom raising me alone when she was 20, and working and paying the bills, and, you know, trying to pursue your own dreams, I think is a feat that is unmatched."

- President Barack Obama

"And our faith changes us. I know it’s changed me. It renews in us a sense of possibility. It allows us to believe that although we are all sinners, and that at times we will falter, there’s always the possibility of redemption. Every once in a while, we might get something right, we might do some good."

- President 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.""

- President Barack Obama

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

- President Barack Obama

"Juneteenth has never been a celebration of victory, or an acceptance of the way things are. Instead, it's a celebration of progress. It's an affirmation that despite the most painful parts of our history, things do get better. America can change."

- President Barack Obama