Most people who meet my wife quickly conclude that she is remarkable. They are right about this. She is smart, funny and thoroughly charming... Often, after hearing her speak at some function or working with her on a project, people will approach me and say something to the effect of "You know, I think the world of you, Barack, but your wife... wow!"

This victory alone is not the change we seek; it is only the chance for us to make that change.

No one is exempt from the call to find common ground.

Put simply, what I'd like to do is to see the first two years of community college free for everybody's who is willing to work for it.

I favor legalizing same-sex marriages, and would fight efforts to prohibit such marriages.

At least Romney and McCain, they respect the rule of law. At least Romney and McCain, they understand their limitations.

[ William Ayers] is an example of what I'm talking about. This is a guy who lives in my neighborhood, who's a professor of English in Chicago who I know and who I have not received some official endorsement from. He's not somebody who I exchange ideas from on a regular basis.