The point being we used to have a system that wasn't as rigged in how the tax structure functioned. The president [Barack Obama] and I have been trying to get rid of some of these loopholes for some time. Look, we have to change the corporate culture.

A man I'm proud to call my friend. A man who will be the next President of the United States — Barack America!

You're looking at a middle-class guy. I am who I am.

Don't be intimidated by power, wealth or station, character alone makes all the difference.

In the good old days when I was a senator, I was my own man.

Don't tell me what you value. Show me your budget and I'll tell you what you value.

If I hear one more Republican tell me about balancing the budget, I am going to strangle them.