If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help... Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business - you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.

Any fool can have a child. That doesn't make you a father. It's the courage to raise a child that makes you a father.

Because this is a country where everyone deserves the same freedom and opportunities to fulfill their dreams.

With the world's unprecedented inspections and access to Iran's program, we'll know if Iran ever tries to break out.

We are defined not by our borders but by our bonds.

I know there are problems that I say to myself, If maybe I was a little more gifted I might have been able to solve. But that's not because I believe what I did was a mistake. It's that maybe it required the talents of a Lincoln.

I know the American people. I've met a lot of them. I've met a lot more of them than any columnist has, or any talking head on TV has. And they're pretty sophisticated.