You can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.

People don't expect government to solve all their problems. But they sense, deep in their bones, that with just a slight change in priorities, we can make sure that every child in America has a decent shot at life, and that the doors of opportunity remain open to all. They know we can do better.

Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns into universal, rather than religion-specific, values.

Be the best father you can be to your children. Because nothing is more important.

I have been blessed by having, and I admittedly am biased, some of the smartest, hardest-working, and good people in my administration that I think any president has ever had.

The nation that leads the clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy.

I think that part of my optimism comes from the belief that we as a people could actually, regardless of all the disadvantage of the past, regardless of the fact that a lot of other folks got a head start in the race, if we were able to make the race fair right now.