I have great respect for both President Obama and the office that he holds

Secularists are wrong when they ask believers to leave their religion at the door before entering into the public square. Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, Williams Jennings Bryan, Dorothy Day, Martin Luther King - indeed, the majority of great reformers in American history - were not only motivated by faith, but repeatedly used religious language to argue for their cause. To say that men and women should not inject their "personal morality" into public policy debates is a practical absurdity.

Environmentalism is not an upper-income issue, it's not a white issue, it's not a black issue, it's not a South or a North or an East or a West issue. It's an issue that all of us have a stake in. And if I can do anything to make sure that not just my daughter but every child in America has green pastures to run in and clean air to breathe and clean water to swim in, then that is something I'm going to work my hardest to make happen.

Our combat mission is ending, but our commitment to Iraq's future is not.

No country can hide from the dangers of carbon pollution

[We should beware] that our democracy stays healthy. And making sure that we maintain that sense of solidarity.

If everybody who voted in 2008 shows up in 2010, we will win this election. We will win this election.