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Barack Obama

“Honesty—Lolo should not have hidden the refrigerator in the storage room when the tax officials came, even if everyone else, including the tax officials, expected such things. Fairness—the parents of wealthier students should not give television sets to the teachers during Ramadan, and their children could take no pride in the higher marks they might have received. Straight talk—if you didn’t like the shirt I bought you for your birthday, you should have just said so instead of keeping it wadded up at the bottom of your closet. Independent judgment—just because the other children tease the poor boy about his haircut doesn’t mean you have to do it too.”

Barack Obama, Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
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Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama
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