Here in the United States, hopefully, what we're building are not just pyramids, are not icons to one pharaoh. What we're building is a culture and a way of living together that we can look back on and say, [This] was good, was inclusive, was kind, was innovative, was able to fulfill the dreams of as many people as possible.

I know there are problems that I say to myself, If maybe I was a little more gifted I might have been able to solve. But that's not because I believe what I did was a mistake. It's that maybe it required the talents of a Lincoln.

And I believe the nation that invented the automobile cannot walk away from it.

The market alone can't solve our health-care woes.

I believe that the best measure of whether a nation is going to be successful is whether they are tapping the talents of their women.

Let us join together across denominations, religions and cultures to make a habit of empathy and reach out to those most in need. To share the blessings we enjoy and to advance the cause of peace in all corners of our world.

I will not stand by while the special interests use the same old tactics to keep things exactly the way they are ... Not this time. Not now.