[J]ust because you have an individual right does not mean that the state or local government can't constrain the exercise of that right.

We've seen how militarized gear can sometimes give people a feeling like there's an occupying force, as opposed to a force that's part of the community that's protecting them and serving them.

After a century of striving, after a year of debate, after a historic vote, health care reform is no longer an unmet promise. It is the law of the land.

Iran will for sure have pledged to the international community that it will not develop a nuclear weapon, and now will be subject to an additional protocol, a more vigorous inspection and monitoring regime that lasts in perpetuity.

The greatest danger of all is to allow new walls to divide us from one another

I don't want you folks to do a lot of talking. Just shut up and get out of the way.

For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness.