We shouldn't assume that government is always trying to do the wrong thing.

The United States, we know what happens when we start dividing ourselves along lines of race or religion or ethnicity.

You know, when Trayvon Martin was first shot I said that this could have been my son. Another way of saying that is Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago. And when you think about why, in the African American community at least, there's a lot of pain around what happened here, I think it's important to recognize that the African American community is looking at this issue through a set of experiences and a history that doesn't go away.

it’s important to make sure that we’re talking with each other in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds." - Barack Obama, 44th U.S. President

My liberty depends on you being free, too.

As long as I'm president of the United States Iran will not get a nuclear weapon. I made that clear when I came into office.

I can't really characterize any country, except to say that we work well with a number of our foreign counterparts.