I want to send a very clear message to the men and women who are wearing - or who have worn - our country's uniform and to their spouses: when you have finished your service to our nation, you've got 2,000 great American companies ready and waiting to bring you on board

Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.

No, I think that if he had known he would be president, he would have started dying his hair, like, 10 years ago. Now it's too late.

Doing the impossible is the history of this nation. It is how this country was built

Good relationships feel good. They feel right. They don't hurt.

Barack and I were both raised by families who didn't have much in the way of money or material possessions but who had given us something far more valuable - their unconditional love, their unflinching sacrifice, and the chance to go places they had never imagined for themselves.

There are so many really good role models out there, we just have to make sure that we don't glorify just one type. We have the first Latina Supreme Court Justice, Sonia Sotomayor, who is ready to be a force in kids' lives. I could name hundreds of people like her.