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

Torture is how you create enemies, not how you defeat them... Torture is how you get bad information, not good intelligence. Torture is how you set back America's standing in the world, not how you strengthen it.

I favor legalizing same-sex marriages, and would fight efforts to prohibit such marriages.

In the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.

And if that child should ever get the chance to travel the world and someone should ask her where is she from, we believe that she should always be able to hold her head high with pride in her voice when she answers, "I am an American." That is the course we seek. That is the change we are calling for.

This is the moment when we must build on the wealth that open markets have created, and share its benefits more equitably. Trade has been a cornerstone of our growth and global development. But we will not be able to sustain this growth if it favors the few, and not the many.

I believe when women succeed America succeeds!