In many ways [those middle-aged black ladies] my touchstone, because they are what I meant when I talked about the audacity of hope.

On Syria, it's clear that the indiscriminate attacks on civilians by the [Bashar] Assad regime and Russia will only worsen the humanitarian catastrophe and that a negotiated end to the conflict is the only way to achieve lasting peace in Syria.

He described to me how crocodiles kill more people than sharks. There are just a lot of things in Australia that can kill you.

I'm a warrior for the middle class.

John McCain likes to say that he'll follow bin Laden to the Gates of Hell - but he won't even go to the cave where he lives.

If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.

Rather than double-down on the top-down economics that let a fortunate few play by their own rules, let’s embrace an economic patriotism that says we rise or fall together, as one nation, and as one people.