Politics didn't lead me to working people. Working people led me into politics.

Citizenship means standing up for the lives that gun violence steals from us each day. I have seen the courage of parents, students, pastors, and police officers all over this country who say 'we are not afraid,' and I intend to keep trying, with or without Congress, to help stop more tragedies from visiting innocent Americans in our movie theaters, shopping malls, or schools like Sandy Hook.

In the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.

In America, there's a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world.

It's important to recognize that you can't have 100 percent security and also then have 100 percent privacy and zero inconvenience.

Sometimes slow, steady effort is rewarded with justice that arrives like a thunderbolt.

When it comes to crime, the violent crime rate in America has been lowered during my presidency and any time in the last three, four decades.