This is a time of great change in the world but America's always been a pillar of strength and a beacon of hope to peoples around the globe and that's what it must continue to be.

Weapons that were designed for soldiers in war theaters don’t belong on our streets.

It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, the minimum wage, family leave, health insurance, Social Security, Medicare, retirement plans. The cornerstones of the middle-class security all bear the union label.

Through words he gave voice to the voiceless. Through deeds he gave courage to the faint of heart.

After a breakthrough year for America, our economy is growing and creating jobs at the fastest pace since 1999.

Money is the original sin in politics and I am not sinless.

There is not a black America and a white America; a Latino America, an Asian America. There is the United States of America.