All people should be treated equally, regardless of who they are or who they love.

Health care got done because there were a lot of people out there who aren't professional politicians, but are citizens, who pushed for it even when the politics was hard.

The only resolution is for the aspirations of both sides to be met through two states, where Israelis and Palestinians each live in peace and security. ... Israelis must acknowledge that just as Israel's right to exist cannot be denied, neither can Palestine's. The United States does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements.

Because as tough as things have been, I am convinced you are tougher. I've seen your passion and I've seen your service... I've seen a generation eager, impatient even, to step into the rushing waters of history and change its course.

If the critics are right that I've made all my decisions based on polls, then I must not be very good at reading them.

I believe that the free enterprise system is the greatest engine of prosperity the world's ever known.

The opportunity will not remain open indefinitely.