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

The polls indicated that I was feisty, that I was tough, that I had a sense of humor, but they weren't quite sure if they liked me and they didn't know whether or not that I was sensitive.

Some leaders are born women.

We are a religious nation because we do not have a state religion, because the government guarantees freedom of religion but has no role in religion, because not only do we tolerate our religious differences, we celebrate them.

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

If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position.

You had to be tough to be a female member of Congress.