Anybody who gets into bed and turns out the lights the first night in the White House probably feels a little bit of a start, where you say, "Goodness ... "

No, you can't deny women their basic rights and pretend it's about your 'religious freedom'. If you don't like birth control, don't use it. Religious freedom doesn't mean you can force others to live by your own beliefs.

I think we need missile defense. But I want to make sure it works, that it's cost effective, that the technologies are operable, that it's our best possible strategy, and that hasn't been shown.

For decades, we've been told that it doesn't make economic sense to switch to renewable energy. Today, that's no longer true.

We can't afford more top-down economics. What we need are policies that will grow and strengthen the middle class.

If everybody who voted in 2008 shows up in 2010, we will win this election. We will win this election.

The people there, the community, the lessons that I learned -- they're all based right in this few square miles where we'll now be able to give something back and bring the world back home after this incredible journey.