If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman, he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept.

You don't have to have fought in a war to love peace.

It's okay in this country to be sexist. It's certainly not okay to be racist.

I knew what leukemia and lymphoma were, but I had never heard of multiple myeloma.

I didn't look very sensitive and they didn't know me very well.

Babies aren't born knowing differences in color, gender, religions. They're taught those things. They're taught them at home. They're taught in the schools. They're taught in the churches. They're taught in the mosques, in the synagogues.

I stand before you to proclaim tonight: America is the land where dreams can come true for all of us.