Our politics at its best involves us recognizing ourselves in each other. And our politics at its worst are when we see immigrants or women or blacks or gays or Mexicans as somehow separate, apart from us.

Every president who has tried to bring about big changes I think elicits the most passionate responses.

People are very hungry for something new. I think they are interested in being called to be a part of something larger than the sort of small, petty, slash-and-burn politics that we have been seeing over the last several years.

Historically, when a previous US administration enters into an agreement, it carries forward into the future administration.

Islam is not part of the problem in combating violent extremism - it is an important part of promoting peace.

I've got two daughters and I want to make sure that they have the same opportunities that anybody's sons have. That's part of what I'm fighting for as president of the United States.

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