The future is not an inheritance, it is an opportunity and an obligation.

Each generation of Americans must define what it means to be an American.

When you're president, you learn to act like you know what you're talking about. And it's a great skill.

If you take advantage of the fact that technology abolishes distance, then you won't need to go to India. Just go to Indiana.

In our efforts to battle terrorism and cyber attacks and biological weapons, all of us must be extremely aggressive. We must protect our people from danger and keep America safe and free.

You cannot have an integrated world and have your say all the time. America can lead the world towards that, but we cannot dominate and run the world in that direction. There is a big difference.

If you want to know where I come by the passionate commitment I have to bringing people together without regard to race, it all started with my grandfather.