The thing about hip-hop today is it's smart, it's insightful. The way they can communicate a complex message in a very short space is remarkable.

Through words he gave voice to the voiceless. Through deeds he gave courage to the faint of heart.

I believe that we have better ideas. But I also believe that good ideas don't matter if people don't hear them.

We should be more modest in our belief that we can impose democracy on a country through military force.

My administration will be the most transparent in history

I wonder, sometimes, whether men and women in fact are capable of learning from history--whether we progress from one stage to the next in an upward course or whether we just ride the cycles of boom and bust, war and peace, ascent and decline.

With the world's unprecedented inspections and access to Iran's program, we'll know if Iran ever tries to break out.