"Government" is the name we give to the things we choose to do together.

Hope for the best and work for it.

I think that hope, that ability to envision, to imagine a better way, and then to apply yourself to it, is the way to climb out of a hole, is the way to build a better life, is the way to build a better community and a better country.

"Government" is the name we give to the things we choose to do together.

We have drained common sense out of our politics. The more we focus on tactics and games, the more good people check out and give up

I've learned over the years that identity has a whole lot less to do with location or other people's expectations than with your own sense of self and self-confidence.

Let's go tell everyone we meet that, when the American dream is at stake, you want Barack Obama in charge.