Hope is the bedrock of this nation. The belief that our destiny will not be written for us, but by us, by all those men and women who are not content to settle for the world as it is, who have the courage to remake the world as it should be.

To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society's ills on the West - know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy.

Clem (Clementa Pinckney) understood that justice grows out of recognition of ourselves, in each other.

Let's take the money that we've been spending on war over the last decade to rebuild America, roads, bridges schools. We do those things, not only is your future going to be bright but America's future is going to bright as well.

You can't manage [country] the way you would manage a family business.

Military surge in Afghanistan to eliminate the Taliban.

You can question somebody's views and their judgment without questioning their motives or patriotism.