We can't afford to stand pat while the world races by. The United States of America did not become the most prosperous nation on Earth by sheer luck ….

In fact, the best thing we could do on taxes for all Americans is to simplify the individual tax code. This will be a tough job, but members of both ….

Insurance companies, drug companies are going to have to be ponying up, partly because right now they're receiving huge subsidies..

One of the things we're going to have to discuss and debate is how are we striking this balance between the need to keep the American people safe and….

That is the true genius of America-a faith in simple dreams, an insistence on small miracles..

And that means that no matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise to the American people: If you like your doctor, you will be able ….

There have been times where, let's say on LGBT issues, when we were trying to end Don't Ask, Don't Tell, and I got the Pentagon and Bob Gates, a Repu….

I don't believe that the American people want us to focus on our job security. They want us to focus on their job security. I don't think they want m….

Granting such immunity undermines the constitutional protections Americans trust the Congress to protect..

California is our biggest economy. California is our biggest agricultural producer. So what happens here matters to every working American..

I always tell my staff, "Better is good." I'll take better every time, because better is hard..

In America, we then made a commitment, particularly after World War II with the GI Bill, to massively expand our commitment to college education, and….

I believe, in the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., that there is such a thing as being too late, and when it comes to climate change, that hour i….

...as parents, we have to find the time and the energy to step in and help our children love reading. We can read to them, talk to them about what th….

And lest we get on our high horse and think this is unique to some other place, remember that during the Crusades and the Inquisition, people committ….

I believe we can keep the promise of our founders, the idea that if you're willing to work hard, it doesn't matter who you are or where you come from….

If war explodes in Sudan, it could have a destabilizing effect that creates more space for terrorist activity that could eventually be directed at ou….

We should never forget that God granted us the power to reason so that we would do His work here on Earth - so that we would use science to cure dise….

These people are a part of me. And they are a part of America, this country that I love..

Today I am pledging to cut the deficit we inherited in half by the end of my first term in office..

If we can't meet with our friends, I don't know how we're going to lead the world in terms of dealing with critical issues like terrorism..