I actually believe in redistribution (of wealth)

Hope - Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty. The audacity of hope!

Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.

I accept that people are going to call me awful things every day, and I will always defend their right to do so.

If we want to make the best products, we also have to invest in the best ideas... Every dollar we invested to map the human genome returned $140 to our economy... Today, our scientists are mapping the human brain to unlock the answers to Alzheimer's... Now is not the time to gut these job-creating investments in science and innovation. Now is the time to reach a level of research and development not seen since the height of the Space Race.

My abiding faith in the American people is undiminished. That's still what drives me every single day.

It was basic research in the photoelectric field-in the photoelectric effect that would one day lead to solar panels. It was basic research in physics that would eventually produce the CAT scan. The calculations of today's GPS satellites are based on the equations that Einstein put to paper more than a century ago.