I believe corporations that benefit from everything America has to offer should feel (ph) some sense of responsibility, not just to their biggest shareholders, but to their workers, to their customers, to their communities and, yes, to our country.

I'm not interested in, you know, turning the clock back or pointing fingers, but I am interested in trying to figure out how we come together to chart a better way forward and one that will restore confidence in, you know, small and medium-size businesses and consumers and begin to chip away at the unemployment rate.

It takes a village to raise a child.

Violence toward women isn't cultural; it's criminal.

We need American Muslims to be part of our eyes and ears on our front lines.

I've been privileged to see the presidency up close. And I know the awesome responsibility of protecting America and the incredible opportunity of working to try to make life better for all of you.

Wall Street can never be allowed to threaten main street again. No bank can be too big to fail, no executive too powerful to jail.