President Obama started with a much weaker economy than I did. Listen to me, now. No president - no president, not me, not any of my predecessors, no one could have fully repaired all the damage that he found in just four years.

Everybody counts, everybody deserves a chance, everybody has a responsible role to play and we all do better when we work together.

Our Nation owes a lasting debt of gratitude to all those selfless members of our Armed Forces who have risked their own freedom and safety to defend the the lives and liberty of others.

Most of the major mistakes I made in my life, I made when I was too tired to know what I was doing - both personally and professionally.

New information and communications technologies can improve the quality of life for people with disabilities, but only if such technologies are designed from the beginning so that everyone can use them. Given the explosive growth in the use of the World Wide Web for publishing, electronic commerce, lifelong learning and the delivery of government services, it is vital that the Web be accessible to everyone.

I will tell you this: I will not raise taxes on the middle-class to pay for these programs.

I pledge that I have no intention of raising taxes in my second term.