In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?

We don't ask you to believe in our ability to bring change, rather, we ask you to believe in yours.

It's time to recognize that under the equal protection clause of the United States [Constitution], same-sex couples should have the same rights as anybody else.

What is a danger is that we stay stuck in a new normal where unemployment rates stay high, people who have jobs see their incomes go up, businesses make big profits. But they're learned to do more with less, and so they don't hire.

The Russians sought to interfere with the election process - that the cyber hacking that took place by the Russians was part of that campaign, and that they had a clear preference in terms of outcomes.

The last thing that I want to do is to have the United States be a foil.

Tonight, let us think back to the sense of unity that prevailed on 9/11.