For we, the people, understand that our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it.

Part of people's concern is just the sense that around the world the old order isn't holding and we're not quite yet to where we need to be in terms of a new order that's based on a different set of principles, that's based on a sense of common humanity, that's based on economies that work for all people.

The United States is committed to a regional order rooted in international rules and norms, including freedom of navigation, and the peaceful resolution of disputes. That's the only way to ensure our common security.

Generally speaking, people who know me will tell you that my public persona is not that different from my private persona.

We cannot have a society, in which some dictator some place can start imposing censorship here in the United States.

Global warming is not just the greatest environmental challenge facing our planet - it is one of our greatest challenges of any kind.

At some fundamental level, religion does not allow for compromise. It insists on the impossible. If God has spoken, then followers are expected to live up to God's edicts, regardless of the consequences. To base one's life on such uncompromising commitment may be sublime; to base our policy making on such commitments would be a dangerous thing.