Poverty, discrimination, and ignorance restrict growth.

[They let] friendship with the leaders in China obscure our devotion to freedom and democracy when those kids set up in Tiananmen Square, and I think it was wrong.

I have news for the forces of greed and the defenders of the status quo: your time has come - and gone. It's time for change in America.

[George Bush] has raised taxes on the people driving pickup trucks and lowered taxes on the people riding in limousines. We can do better.

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.

A great democracy doesn't make it harder to vote than to buy an assault weapon.

You can't say you love your country and hate your government.