Peace depends upon compromise among peoples who must live together long after our speeches are over, long after our votes have been tallied.

[American Citizenship] captures the enduring idea that this country only works when we accept certain obligations to one another and to future generations

But another thing I know is this — we can’t steer ourselves out of this crisis by heading in the same, disastrous direction. We can’t change direction with a new driver who wants to follow the same old map. And that’s what this election is all about.

To restore America's competitiveness, we must recruit a new generation of science and technology leaders by investing in diversity.

They [ Respublicans] wanna argue the sensational which is about abort not certain cases of abortion, but the fact is it's a fundamental disrespect for women - women's judgment about the sizing and time of their families.

And I agree that the Democratic legislators in Massachusetts might have given some advice to Republicans in Congress about how to cooperate, but the fact of the matter is we used the same advisers and they say it's the same plan.

I wouldn't be the man I am today without the woman who agreed to marry me 20 years ago