Companies in Mexico are not going to do well if they don't have some connection to not just markets, but also suppliers and technology from the United States.

I have always believed that what brings us together is stronger than what pulls us apart.

Now you have a choice: we can give more tax breaks to corporations that ship jobs overseas, or we can start rewarding companies that open new plants and train new workers and create new jobs here, in the United States of America.

I'm not the strapping young Muslim socialist that I used to be.

One of the best investments we can make in a child’s life is high-quality early education.

We reaffirm that on days like this, there are no Republicans or Democrats. We are Americans, united in concern for our fellow citizens.

I decided to become a community organizer ... Change won't come from the top, I would say. Change will come from a mobilized grass roots.