I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. I am not in favor of gay marriage.

Hope -- Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty. The audacity of hope! In the end, that is God’s greatest gift to us...A belief in things not seen. A belief that there are better days ahead.

As progressives we believe in affordable health care for all Americans.

I refuse to condemn your generation and future generations to a planet that's beyond fixing.

We will respond to the threat of climate change

On behalf of the American people, just let me say that we are proud to count Greece as one of our closest allies and one of our greatest friends.

America's not just [about] looking out for yourself, it's not just about greed, it's not just about trying to climb to the very top and keep everybody else down. ... Hard work, that's a value. Looking out for one another, that's a value. The idea that we're all in it together and [that] I'm my brother's keeper and [my] sister's keeper, that's a value.