Empowering women isn’t just the right thing to do - it’s the smart thing to do.

Nobody gets to threaten the full faith and credit of the United States just to extract political concessions.

If people find that controversial then I would just refer them to the Sermon on the Mount.

For now, whether you are young or whether you're young at heart, I do have one final ask of you as your president, the same thing I asked when you took a chance on me eight years ago. I am asking you to believe not in my ability to bring about change, but in yours.

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

One of the hardest things in politics is to convince people to do things now that will have a good effect 20 or 30 years from now because politicians tend to have a short-term view. They are more attentive to things that people care about today.

My abiding faith in the American people is undiminished. That's still what drives me every single day.