After a century of striving, after a year of debate, after a historic vote, health care reform is no longer an unmet promise. It is the law of the land.

More than a building that houses books and data, the library represents a window to a larger world, the place where we've always come to discover big ideas and profound concepts that help move the American story forward and the human story forward.

The quicker you resolve the problems with banks and there's transparency in that process, the faster they recapitalize and are able to make investments.

The United States will do what we must to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

I always tell my staff, "Better is good." I'll take better every time, because better is hard.

America, we are better than these last eight years. We are a better country than this.

It ought to concern every person, because it is a debasement of our common humanity. It ought to concern every community, because it tears at our social fabric. It ought to concern every business, because it distorts markets. It ought to concern every nation, because it endangers public health and fuels violence and organized crime. I’m talking about the injustice, the outrage, of human trafficking, which must be called by its true name - modern slavery.