The very technologies that empower us to do great good can also be used to undermine us and inflict great harm.

For decades, we've been told that it doesn't make economic sense to switch to renewable energy. Today, that's no longer true.

Reading is the gateway skill that makes all other learning possible

Sometimes it may seem as if progress is stalled but what history of post-war Germany shows is that strength and determination and focus and adherence to the values that we care about will result in a better future for our children and our grandchildren.

My Administration will not authorize the indefinite military detention without trial of American citizens. Indeed, I believe that doing so would break with our most important traditions and values as a Nation.

What I believe is that marriage is between a man and a woman, but what I also believe is that we have an obligation to make sure that gays and lesbians have the rights of citizenship that afford them visitations to hospitals, that allow them to be, to transfer property between partners, to make certain that they're not discriminated on the job.

I said in a forum on health care if the Republicans can come up with a system that insures more people cheaper, better I will be the first one.