Michelle and I don't want anyone telling us who our family's doctor should be - and no one should decide that for you either. Under our proposals, if you like your doctor, you keep your doctor. If you like your current insurance, you keep that insurance. Period, end of story.

Pot had helped, and booze, maybe a little blow when you could afford it.

The idea of America endures. Our destiny remains our choice. And tonight, more than two centuries later, it is because of our people that our future is hopeful, our journey goes forward, and the state of our union is strong.

We can't in any way criticize or at least indict or impeach administration [of Democratic presidents] for doing what they did.

Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law.

We will kill bin Laden. We will crush al Qaeda. That has to be our biggest national security priority.

Our resources may be finite, but our will is infinite, and I am confident that if we come together and summon that great American spirit once again, we will meet the challenges of our time and write the next great chapter in our American story.