“We cannot sit back and hope that everything works out for the best. We cannot afford to be tired or frustrated or cynical.”

2010s, 2016 Democratic National Convention (2016)

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lawyer, writer, wife of Barack Obama and former First Lady … 1964

Jo Cox (1974–2016) UK politician

We nominated Jeremy Corbyn for the leadership. Now we regret it (6 May 2016)

“Are we ready to believe in the power of our own voices? Are we ready to cast aside our fear and cynicism? Are we ready to work our hearts out to make our dream a reality? Are we ready to overcome? If we are truly ready, then now is the time. This one’s on us. We cannot afford to wait. We cannot afford to doubt. We cannot afford to make excuses. We have this moment of opportunity. And we need to seize it.”

Michelle Obama (1964) lawyer, writer, wife of Barack Obama and former First Lady of the United States

2000s, A Challenge to Overcome (November 2007)

“We cannot afford the luxury of cynicism or even pessimism in our reaction to climate change. The situation is too serious. We must tackle it head on – and immediately.”

Lewis Pugh (1969) Environmental campaigner, maritime lawyer and endurance swimmer

Speaking & Features, My African Dream: Faith Rally Address, COP17

“Most rats read. Our frustration is, we cannot hold a pen to write.”

Suzanne Collins (1962) American television writer and novelist

“Our immediate task, however, is the critical work of confronting the economic crisis. As I've said, we've passed through an era of profound irresponsibility; now we cannot afford half-measures, and we cannot go back to the kind of risk-taking that leads to bubbles that inevitably bust. So we have a choice. We can shape our future, or let events shape it for us. And if we want to succeed, we can't fall back on the stale debates and old divides that won't move us forward.”

Barack Obama (1961) 44th President of the United States of America

Barack Obama: "The President's News Conference With Prime Minister Gordon Brown of the Untied Kingdom in London, England," April 1, 2009. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=85953&st=&st1= <br class="br">2009

“The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man”

T.S. Eliot (1888–1965) 20th century English author

“We cannot all do everything.”
Non omnia possumus omnes.

Virgil book Eclogues

Book VIII, line 63 (tr. Fairclough)
Eclogues (37 BC)

“We must all turn our backs upon the horrors of the past. We must look to the future. We cannot afford to drag forward cross the years that are to come the hatreds and revenges which have sprung from the injuries of the past.”

Winston S. Churchill (1874–1965) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Speech at Zurich University (September 19, 1946) ( partial text http://www.churchill-society-london.org.uk/astonish.html) ( http://www.peshawar.ch/varia/winston.htm). <br class="br">Post-war years (1945–1955)

“We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back.”

Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement

Source: I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World

“I believe that we form our own lives, that we create our own reality, and that everything works out for the best.”

Jim Henson (1936–1990) American puppeteer

“We cannot sit back and hope that everything works out for the best. We cannot afford to be tired or frustrated or cynical.”

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