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 political candidacy built around hope and change and compromise would eventually become a presidency of crisis and confrontation.

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

If we are going to solve the challenges we face, you need a President who will pursue genuine solutions day in and day out. And that is my commitment to you. We need immigration reform that will secure our borders, and punish employers who exploit immigrant labor; reform that finally brings the 12 million people who are here illegally out of the shadows by requiring them to take steps to become legal citizens. We must assert our values and reconcile our principles as a nation of immigrants and a nation of laws. That is a priority I will pursue from my very first day.

We have to enforce the laws we've already got, make sure that we're keeping guns out of the hands of criminals, those who are mentally ill. I also share your belief that weapons that were designed for soldiers in war theaters don't belong on our streets. And so what I'm trying to do is to get a broader conversation about how do we reduce the violence generally.

We want our children to live in an America that isn't burdened by debt, that isn't weakened by inequality, that isn't threatened by the destructive power of a warming planet.

A man who took history in his hands, and bent the arc of the moral universe toward justice.