we will encourage more Americans to study in Muslim communities

The first thing I'd do as president is sign the Freedom of Choice Act.

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

All I care about is making sure that I leave behind an America that is stronger, more prosperous, more stable, more secure than it was when I came into office and that's going to continue to drive me.

Literacy is the most basic currency of the knowledge economy.

We've got to be able to have a conversation and recognize we're all Americans; we all want the best for this country. We may have some disagreements in terms of how to get there, but all of us want to make sure that our economy is strong, that jobs are growing. All of us want to make sure that people aren't bankrupt when they get sick. All of us want to make sure that young people can afford an education.

A man who took history in his hands, and bent the arc of the moral universe toward justice.