Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.

I believe in keeping guns out of our inner cities, and that our leaders must say so in the face of the gun manufacturer's lobby.

There’s no doubt that there’s some folks who just really dislike me because they don’t like the idea of a black President.

On every continent, there are girls who will go on to change the world in ways we can only imagine, if only we allow them the freedom to dream.

We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity.

We will not apologise for our way of life.

A person’s zip code shouldn’t decide their destiny.