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

The path of America's development is never a straight line. Sometimes we move in ways that are forwards; sometime that seem back.

The true test of the American ideal is whether we're able to recognize our failings and then rise together to meet the challenges of our time. Whether we allow ourselves to be shaped by events and history, or whether we act to shape them. Whether chance of birth or circumstance decides life's big winners and losers, or whether we build a community where, at the very least, everyone has a chance to work hard, get ahead, and reach their dreams.

They assert that their program is purely peaceful. . . . We want them to demonstrate clearly in the actions they propose that they have truly abandoned any nuclear weapons ambition.

She is running around talking about how this is an insult to sportsmen, how she values the Second Amendment. She's talking like she's Annie Oakley.

It's one of the biggest benefits of being president that you really don't think about until you get here.

Sometimes if your only approach is cutting spending at a time when the economy's contracting, then the economy will contract further.