Iran was nearing completion of a new reactor capable of producing plutonium for a bomb.

This is why the anti-discrimination principle being enforced is important. Because it won't stop if some of the underlying biases aren't challenged and surfaced. And that in and of itself creates backlash and denial. This is what I mean when I say better is hard.

Nobody really thinks that Bush or McCain have a real answer for the challenges we face, so what they're going to try to do is make you scared of me. You know, he's not patriotic enough. He's got a funny name. You know, he doesn't look like all those other presidents on those dollar bills, you know. He's risky.

Many of us were kind of irritated with Obama for larding it with tax cut, which we didn't think was going to be stimulative.

I found this national debt doubled, wrapped in a big bow waiting for me as I stepped into the Oval Office.

Each wave of immigrants that have come in have been able to assimilate, integrate and then rise up and become part of this great American Dream.

Ensuring that the US continues to lead the world in science and technology will be a central priority for my administration.