A person’s zip code shouldn’t decide their destiny.

We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity.

We should foster a culture in which people's private religious beliefs, including atheists and agnostics, are respected. And that's the kind of culture that I think allows all of us, then, to believe what we want. That's freedom of conscience. That's what our Constitution guarantees.

There are people in Iran who have the same aspirations as people all around the world for a better life.

This is a core principle of my presidency - if you threaten America, you will find no safe haven.

It's not a nice-to-have - it's a must-have. It's time we stop treating child care as a side issue, or a women's issue, and treat it like the national economic priority that it is for all of us.

Those jeans are comfortable, and for those of you who want your president to look great in his tight jeans, I'm sorry I'm not the guy. It just doesn't fit me. I'm not 20.