You can be stylish, and powerful too.

What we have done, I think, is build a model from a lot of hard lessons in Afghanistan and Iraq but in other places around the world, where we are working with them in an advisory capacity.

We are not going to be able to rebuild Afghanistan into a Jeffersonian democracy.

Our efforts will only be effective if ordinary citizens in other countries have confidence that the United States respects their privacy too. And the leaders of our close friends and allies deserve to know that if I want to learn what they think about an issue, I will pick up the phone and call them, rather than turning to surveillance.

Unless you're one of the first Americans, a Native American, you came from someplace else. Somebody brought you.

What I'm interested in doing after I get out of the presidency is to make sure that I'm working with that next generation so that they understand you can't just rely on inspiration.

Our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes - and I see many of them in the audience here today.