And there’s been drift in Afghanistan over the last couple of years. That’s something that we intend to fix this.

Every major world religion has identified marriage as between a man and a woman.

The people there, the community, the lessons that I learned -- they're all based right in this few square miles where we'll now be able to give something back and bring the world back home after this incredible journey.

Winter came and the city [Chicago] turned monochrome -- black trees against gray sky above white earth. Night now fell in midafternoon, especially when the snowstorms rolled in, boundless prairie storms that set the sky close to the ground, the city lights reflected against the clouds

But something stirred across the country because of what happened in Selma, Alabama, because some folks were willing to march across a bridge. And so they [my parents] got together, Barack Obama Jr. was born. So don't tell me I don't have a claim on Selma, Alabama. Don't tell me I'm not coming home when I come to Selma, Alabama.

You know, the bowling alley doesn‘t seem to be improving my game. That‘s the one thing I have noticed.

We can't change the way Washington works unless we first change how Congress works.