... the country deserves us to be willing to compromise on behalf of the greater good.

What I've seen in my own life is that when I get something important done it's because of a lot of other people - some who get credit, some who don't.

For the first time, preventing nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism is now at the top of America's nuclear agenda.

A low-carbon, clean energy economy can be an engine of growth for decades to come.

I believe that there are many paths to the same place, and that is a belief that there is a higher power, a belief that we are connected as a people.

This is our first task-caring for our children. It's our first job. If we don't get that right, we don't get anything right. That's how, as a society, we will be judged.

There wasn't a time where I felt fearful that I couldn't make the best decisions possible.