Together, we're going to finish the job we started.

Let me tell you another place to look for some savings. We are currently spending $10 billion a month in Iraq when they have a $79 billion surplus. It seems to me that if we're going to be strong at home as well as strong abroad, that we have to look at bringing that war to a close.

I do think that you're starting to see young people pay attention to some longterm issues that they feel Washington has neglected.

What I believe unites the people of this nation, regardless of race or region or party, young or old, rich or poor, is the simple, profound belief in opportunity for all - the notion that if you work hard and take responsibility, you can get ahead.

The globe is shrinking, the information age is bringing a lot of changes. People are anxious about their future and their children's futures.

If we’re going to have arguments, let’s have arguments — but let’s make them debates worthy of this body and worthy of this country.

Globalization combined with technology, combined with social media and constant information, have disrupted people's lives sometimes in very concrete ways; a manufacturing plant closes and suddenly an entire town no longer has what was the primary source of employment.