We remember the surge and we remember the Awakening -- when the abyss of chaos turned toward the promise of reconciliation. By battling and building block by block in Baghdad, by bringing tribes into the fold and partnering with the Iraqi army and police, you helped turn the tide toward peace.

There are people in Iran who have the same aspirations as people all around the world for a better life.

As the world's largest economy and second-largest carbon emitter, as a country with unsurpassed ability to drive innovation and scientific breakthroughs, as the country that people around the world continue to look to in times of crisis, we've got a vital role to play. We can't stand on the sidelines. We've got a unique responsibility.

The brain is a body part too; we just know less about it.

Find somebody to be successful for. Raise their hopes. Rise to their needs.

Today I am pledging to cut the deficit we inherited in half by the end of my first term in office.

I think the American people recognize that the world has shrunk. That it's interconnected. That you're not going to put that genie back in the bottle.