If we are truly created equal then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well

I found this national debt doubled, wrapped in a big bow waiting for me as I stepped into the Oval Office.

We as a country have to do some soul-searching.

I want my children - I want Malia and Sasha - to understand that they've got responsibilities beyond just what they themselves have done. That they have a responsibility to the larger community and the larger nation, that they should be sensitive to and extra thoughtful about the plight of people who have been oppressed in the past, are oppressed currently.

For people who have health insurance, we can provide health insurance reforms that make the insurance they have more secure. And we can do that mostly by using money that every expert agrees is being wasted and is currently in the existing health care system.

It is very rare I come to an event where I’m like the fifth or sixth most interesting person.

I believe that the U.S. can and should be a global leader in the development of alternative energy sources.