My dad was a member of the Greatest Generation that achieved victory in World War II. This was the generation that saved the world from fascism, came home and built the great American middle class, led the way in the civil rights movement, protected our environment, and created great programs like Medicare.

Gender based violence anywhere is a threat to peace and security everywhere.

I have a plan to protect the environment so that we leave this place in better shape to our children than we were handed it by our parents.

Great challenges confront our great nation. We seek to meet them by rising to the task, not by defining our country down.

Our cause in the war on terror isn't helped when we have army officers like Lieutenant General William Boykin speaking in evangelical churches and claiming this as some sort of battle for the Christian religion. That's wrong. That's un-American.

We have to recognize that there is a strong, fresh wind blowing, powered by these new information technologies. It will be increasingly difficult for dictators to impose their will through sheer brutality.

I'm going to be a president who believes in science.