Today we continue a never ending journey to bridge the meaning of those words with the realities of our time.

[Michelle Obama] was the hardest sell. And she never fully embraced being in the public spotlight, which is ironic, given how good she is.

So just to be clear, I'm not going to sign any package that somehow prevents the top rate from going up for folks at the top 2 percent.

We've got a lot of work to do economically in this country to bring about a more just and fair economy.

Let's take our clothes off and party

For the first time, preventing nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism is now at the top of America's nuclear agenda.

For we have always understood that when times change, so must we, that fidelity to our founding principles requires new responses to new challenges, that preserving our individual freedoms ultimately requires collective action.