Obama on the Record: Strasbourg Town Hall

Obama on the Record: Strasbourg Town Hall


Now, that could be something as simple as making — as the joy of taking care of your family and watching your children grow and succeed. But I think especially for the young people here, I hope you also consider other ways that you can serve, because the world has so many challenges right now, there’s so many opportunities to make a difference, and it would be a tragedy if all of you who are so talented and energetic, if you let that go to waste; if you just stood back and watched the world pass you by.

Better to jump in, get involved. And it does mean that sometimes you’ll get criticized and sometimes you’ll fail and sometimes you’ll be disappointed, but you’ll have a great adventure, and at the end of your life hopefully you’ll be able to look back and say, I made a difference.

All right. Thank you, everybody. (Applause.)

(Source: White House)

(Source: White House)


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