Barack knows that we are going to have to make sacrifices; we are going to have to change our conversation; we're going to have to change our traditions, our history; we're going to have to move into a different place.

The physical and emotional health of an entire generation and the economic health and security of our nation is at stake. This isn’t the kind of problem that can be solved overnight, but with everyone working together, it can be solved. So, let’s move.

Learning through the arts reinforces critical academic skills in reading, language arts and math, and provides students with the skills to creatively solve problems.

Now, a good education is about so much more than just learning geometry or memorizing dates in history. All of that is important, but an education is also about exploring new things -- discovering what makes you come alive, and then being your best at whatever you choose

All of us are driven by a simple belief that the world as it is just won't do - that we have an obligation to fight for the world as it should be.

I think that people are tired. They're tired of the same old kind of politics. People want a new tone to politics.

The realities are that, you know, as a black man, you know, Barack can get shot going to the gas station, you know.