And so our goal on health care is, if we can get, instead of health care costs going up 6 percent a year, it's going up at the level of inflation, maybe just slightly above inflation, we've made huge progress. And by the way, that is the single most important thing we could do in terms of reducing our deficit. That's why we did it.

Elections matter and voting counts.

Hope - Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty. The audacity of hope!

Women deserve equal pay for equal work.

We are defined not by our borders but by our bonds.

Yes to trade, but trade that ensures that these other countries that trade with us aren't engaging in child labor.

I would put our legislative and foreign policy accomplishments in our first two years against any president - with the possible exceptions of Johnson, FDR, and Lincoln - just in terms of what we've gotten done in modern history. But, you know, but when it comes to the economy, we've got a lot more work to do. And we're gonna keep on at it.