If we aren't willing to pay a price for our values, then we should ask ourselves whether we truly believe in them at all.

I think that whenever you have got an incoming president of the other side it takes a while for people to reconcile themselves with that new reality.

Of course, there's been a real debate about where to invest and where to cut, and I'm committed to working with members of both parties to cut our deficits and debt. But we can't simply cut our way to prosperity.

If you like your existing plan you get to keep it

We will continue to deepen our engagement using every element of American power - diplomacy, military, economic development, the power of our values and our ideals.

The Muslim call to prayer is one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset.

Nothing is more powerful than the black church experience. A good choir and a good sermon in the black church, it's pretty hard not to be move and be transported.