If I'm president, some day, young kids will look at the world differently. They will say, I could be president some day. They couldn't have said that before I came along. The world will see the United States in a different context, as a country of true opportunity for all.

It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen; by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the very first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different, that their voice could be that difference.

We know the battle ahead will be long. But always remember that, no matter what obstacles stand in our way, nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.

We're going to achieve our goal. We are going to degrade and ultimately defeat ISIL.

I'm not saying I'm impervious to criticism.

Don't just consume things, create things

Climate change poses a direct threat to the infrastructure of America that we need to stay competitive in this 21st-century economy.