That is our generation’s task - to make these words, these rights, these values of life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness real for every American.

As we look forward to the New Year, let's resolve to recommit ourselves to the values we share.

Politics didn't lead me to working people. Working people led me into politics.

Sergeant first class Cory Remsburg never gives up and he does not quit.

In the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.

[When I ordered 30,000 more troops into Afghanistan] that was the first time in which I looked out at a crowd of West Point graduates and knew that some of those might not come back because of that decision.

Each side has legitimate aspirations - and that's part of what makes peace so hard. And the deadlock will only be broken when each side learns to stand in the other's shoes; each side can see the world through the other's eyes. That's what we should be encouraging. That's what we should be promoting.