Everybody knows they're on the Obama team: There isn't vice presidential vs. presidential division, there's not a generational pull. People have internalized that this is a real moment in history.

You may say I may be unfit to be mayor. But you can never say I'm an unfit mayor.

We invoke the sacrifices of our fallen heroes in the abstract, but we seldom take time to thank them individually.

Republicans are 'bad people who deserve a two-by-four upside their heads.'

We've been at war for many years in Afghanistan following 9/11. We know that we've got young men and women on the ground now. We've got our blood and treasure at stake there already.

I don't want to go negative on Franklin Delano Roosevelt, but he didn't pass an economic deal in the first 100 days. We have passed the largest Recovery Act in the history of the country.

Our troops are the best in the world. I have absolute confidence in the ability of the troops who are here, or additional troops, to do their part.