America, we are better than these last eight years. We are a better country than this.

I refuse to condemn your generation and future generations to a planet that's beyond fixing.

I'll be the first US president to not only visit Kenya and Ethiopia, but also to address the continent as a whole, building off the African summit that we did here which was historic and has, I think, deepened the kinds of already strong relationships that we have across the continent.

Medicare in particular, will run out of money, and we will not be able to sustain that program.

Our destiny is not written for us, but by us.

One of the proudest things of my three years in office is helping to restore a sense of respect for America around the world.

Money is the original sin in politics and I am not sinless.