America, our endless blessings bestow an enduring burden. But as Americans, we welcome our responsibility to lead.

In my first term, I sang Al Green. In my second term, I'm going with Young Jeezy.

I think the American people recognize that the world has shrunk. That it's interconnected. That you're not going to put that genie back in the bottle.

A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things.

We're opposing Russia's aggression against Ukraine, which is a threat to the world, as we saw in the appalling shoot-down of MH17.

Here in Europe, I think that there are a lot of young people who forget the issues that were at stake during the Cold War.

I think that I'm a better speechwriter than my speechwriters. I know more about policies on any particular issue than my policy directors. And I'll tell you right now that I'm gonna think I'm a better political director than my political director.