We didn't become the most prosperous country in the world just by rewarding greed and recklessness. We didn't come this far by letting the special interests run wild. We didn't do it just by gambling and chasing paper profits on Wall Street. We built this country by making things, by producing goods we could sell.

The world thanks you for sharing Nelson Mandela with us.

Issues are never simple. One thing I'm proud of is that very rarely will you hear me simplify the issues.

Torture is how you create enemies, not how you defeat them.

I'm willing to work with anyone of either party who has a good idea and the commitment to see through. And we should all expect you to hold us accountable for our progress or our failure to deliver.

You have to be organized, that you have to vote even when it's not exciting.

I refuse to give in to the notion that the American people can't handle complicated information.