We can build a new modern electric grid. That's a lot of jobs; that's a lot of new economic activity.

I believe that the rights of women and girls is the unfinished business of the 21st century.

There are 4 billion cell phones in use today. Many of them are in the hands of market vendors, rickshaw drivers, and others who've historically lacked access to education and opportunity. Information networks have become a great leveler, and we should use them together to help lift people out of poverty and give them a freedom from want.

Keep striving for your goals, and remember that it's good to be ambitious.

Everyone should have the right to join a strong union that will always have your back.

I wonder if it's possible to be a Republican and a Christian at the same time.

I'm reaching out to all Americans - Democrats, Republicans, and independents - because we need everybody to help make our country what it should be, to grow the economy, to make it fairer, to make it work for everyone. We need your talents, your skills, your commitments, your energy, your ambition.