Jobs was brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it.

That is the nature of democracy. It is hard. It is not always inspiring.

Today, I can report that, as promised, the rest of our troops in Iraq will come home by the end of the year.

People in every country should be free to choose and live their faith based upon the persuasion of the mind, and the heart, and the soul. This tolerance is essential for religion to thrive.

We should foster a culture in which people's private religious beliefs, including atheists and agnostics, are respected. And that's the kind of culture that I think allows all of us, then, to believe what we want. That's freedom of conscience. That's what our Constitution guarantees.

If we're trying to protect the American public, we should not put in place a travel ban.

Higher minimum wages, full-employment programs, early-childhood education: Those kinds of programs are, by design, universal, but by definition, because they are helping folks who are in the worst economic situations, are most likely to disproportionately impact and benefit African Americans. They also have the benefit of being sellable to a majority of the body politic.