The flame of the diya, or lamp, reminds us that light will ultimately triumph over darkness.

Literacy is the most basic currency of the knowledge economy.

Keeping our military strong means keepin' our families strong.

I have the authority to address the threat from Isil, but I believe we are strongest as a nation when the president and Congress work together. So I welcome congressional support for this effort in order to show the world that Americans are united in confronting this danger.

There are few things in life that are harder to find and more important to keep than love. Well, love and a birth certificate.

It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to where we are today, but we have just begun. Today we begin in earnest the work of making sure that the world we leave our children is just a little bit better than the one we inhabit today.

As part of the coalition against ISIL, we are putting that terrorist network under tremendous pressure.