I want us to raise the national minimum wage, because people who live in poverty should not - who work full-time should not still be in poverty.

You don`t build a coalition by insulting our friends or acting like a loose cannon. You do it by putting in the slow, hard work of building relationships.

Well, human security is a concept that I am very committed to enshrining in American foreign policy.

For more than a half a century, we know that we prospered because of a bipartisan consensus on defense and foreign policy. We must do more than return to that sensible, cooperative approach.

There are resources to help and simple steps that parents, preschools, businesses, and communities can take to help our kids succeed, because we're all in this together, and that's what the Too Small to Fail Initiative is all about.

Corporations and businesses [don't] create jobs.

Tonight, we can say with pride that, in America, there is no barrier too great and no ceiling too high to break.