When our interests and values are at stake, we have a responsibility to act.

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.

You Can't Rest on Your Laurels. Your Own Body of Work Is Yet to Come.

The path towards sustainable energy sources will be long and sometimes difficult. But America cannot resist this transition, we must lead it.

The most expensive care we can give, we're giving those Americans without insurance. It's kind of stupid that we're fighting the notion that we want to quit paying a hidden tax and be up front about covering people in a way that is cost-effective.

If we don’t uphold our Constitution and our values, that over time, that will make us less safe and that will be a recruitment tool for organizations like Al Qaeda. That’s what I have to keep my eye on.

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