We buy our own toilet paper even here in the White House.

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.

You've got audiences cheering at the prospect of somebody dying because they don't have health care and booing a service member in Iraq because they're gay. That's not reflective of who we are.

I will stand with Israel if they are attacked.

The politics around trade has always been tough, particularly in the Democratic party, because people have memories of outsourcing and job loss.

We live in a moment when the dream of equal opportunity is within reach.

Ultimately, I remain optimistic about not just America's future, but the direction that the world is growing.