[Young people] are much less likely to express attitudes that defied us between us and them. They see themselves as part of a global economy that they can navigate successfully.

If poverty is a disease that infects the entire community in the form of unemployment and violence, failing schools and broken homes, then we can't just treat those symptoms in isolation . We have to heal that entire community.

In this new, hyper competitive age, none of us, none of us can afford to be complacent.

Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.

I think we would have made a lot more mistakes and would have accomplished a lot less had we not been grounded in some basic truths.

I think we're at a place wherea woman's health is danger because of whether this family planning or contraception or any issues that relate to women's health, there's an assault on that in the Congress.

Obama said if elected his government would "harness technology to confront the biggest challenges that America faces".