Together we resolve that a great nation must care for the vulnerable and protect its people from life's worst hazards and misfortune.

What is also true is that partly because my docket was really full here, so I couldn't be both chief organizer of the Democratic Party and function as Commander-in-Chief and President of the United States. We did not begin what I think needs to happen over the long haul, and that is rebuild the Democratic Party at the ground level.

What the American people understand is that I look at what we need to get done to keep the American people safe and to move our interests forward, and I make those decisions.

We are not at war with Islam. We are at war with people who have perverted Islam.

Community colleges play an important role in helping people transition between careers by providing the retooling they need to take on a new career.

I don't think we should ever accept the idea that someone can come along and take away our safety and our freedom.

When this crisis began, crucial decisions about what would happen to some of the world's biggest companies - companies employing tens of thousands of people and holding trillions of dollars in assets - took place in hurried discussions in the middle of the night. We should not be forced to choose between allowing a company to fall into a rapid and chaotic dissolution or forcing taxpayers to foot the bill.