It is now our generation's task to carry on what those pioneers began. For our journey is not complete until our wives, our mothers and daughters can earn a living equal to their efforts. Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law - for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well.

Slowly, but surely, we are moving in the right direction. We're on the right track. The economy is getting stronger

You don't know how it would have turned out if [kids] would grown up in Chicago instead, and a more normal environment.

The forces that divide us are not as strong as those that unite us.

A nuclear Iran is a threat to America's national security, and it is a threat to Israel's national security. We cannot afford to have a nuclear arms race in the most volatile region of the world.

I think that it's important for judges to understand that if a woman is out there trying to raise a family, trying to support her family, and is being treated unfairly, then the court has to stand up, if nobody else will. And that's the kind of judge that I want.

State visits are often an opportunity for the United States to reaffirm our ties and friendship with our closest partners around the world.