Don't let your failures define you.

You can choose a future where more Americans have the chance to gain the skills they need to compete, no matter how old they are or how much money they have. Education was the gateway to opportunity for me. It was the gateway for Michelle. And now more than ever, it is the gateway to a middle-class life.

We will not apologise for our way of life.

We have a stake in one another...what binds us together is greater than what drives us apart.

One of the things I advised Donald Trump to do was to make sure that, before he commits to certain courses of action, he has really dug in and thought through how various issues play themselves out.

Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law.

We seem to have trouble with [critical thinking]. And our political system doesn't help.