I would meet directly with the leadership in Iran.

[...] we must start by inspiring our children with a sense of purpose...by nurturing their imagination so that they may dream big and then work hard to reach those dreams. Too often, our children spend hours playing Playstation without ever finding out how to build Playstation. They watch television but never wonder how it's put together. They surf web page after web page on the Internet, but are never taught how to design one.

The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy.

In my first term, I sang Al Green. In my second term, I'm going with Young Jeezy.

If there's one thing I would like to see, it'd be for us to be able to price the cost of carbon emissions.

And whether I earned your vote or not, I have listened to you. I have learned from you. And you’ve made me a better president. And with your stories and your struggles, I return to the White House more determined and more inspired than ever about the work there is to do and the future that lies ahead.

One of the things you discover about being president is that there are all these rules and norms and laws and you got to pay attention to them.