The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether government works.

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

I think that sometimes the Democrats have to run upstream or swim upstream because we've got the Republicans making it out as if we don't care about these things, and we should be able to engage and be willing to engage in the discussion about morality and values.

For top executives to award themselves these kinds of compensation packages in the midst of this economic crisis isn't just bad taste, it's bad strategy, and I will not tolerate it as president.

Internationally, I have obviously been deeply concerned about how we fight the terrorist threat.

No one nation can or should try to dominate another nation.

I believe there are too many children who need loving parents to deny one group of people adoption rights. A child will benefit from a healthy, loving home, whether the parents are gay or not.