Barack Obama

We can't just drill our way out of the energy and climate challenge that we face.

While we may not live to see the full realization of our ambition, we will have the satisfaction of knowing that the world we leave to our children will be better off for what we did.

Those who are already feeling the effects of climate change don't have time to deny it - they're busy dealing with it.

It's not a choice between our environment and our economy; it's a choice between prosperity and decline.

Global warming is not just the greatest environmental challenge facing our planet - it is one of our greatest challenges of any kind.

That's why the American Recovery & Reinvestment Plan won't just throw money at our problems, we'll invest in what works

Let me tell you another place to look for some savings. We are currently spending $10 billion a month in Iraq when they have a $79 billion surplus. It seems to me that if we're going to be strong at home as well as strong abroad, that we have to look at bringing that war to a close.

It should be the power of our vote, not the size of our bank accounts, that drives our democracy

We should raise the minimum wage so that no one who works full time has to live in poverty

I was reminded that it is my obligation not only as an elected official in a pluralistic society, but also as a Christian, to remain open to the possibility that my unwillingness to support gay marriage is misguided.

Acts of sacrifice and decency without regard to what's in it for you create a ripple effect. Ones that lift up families and communities, that spread opportunity.

This is an extraordinary achievement, nearly nine years in the making.

I do think that you're starting to see young people pay attention to some longterm issues that they feel Washington has neglected.

Young people recognize the big challenges that are coming up.

In my heart I know you didn't come here just for me, you came here because you believe in what this country can be. In the face of war, you believe there can be peace. In the face of despair, you believe there can be hope. In the face of a politics that's shut you out, that's told you to settle, that's divided us for too long, you believe we can be one people, reaching for what's possible, building that more perfect union.

I believe that the best measure of whether a nation is going to be successful is whether they are tapping the talents of their women.

By the end of this decade, a majority of our Navy and Air Force fleets will be based out of the Pacific, because the United States is and always will be a Pacific power.

We do not benefit from a relationship with China or any other country in which we put our values and our ideals aside.

We also recommit to supporting tribal self-determination, security, and prosperity for all Native Americans. While we cannot erase the scourges or broken promises of our past, we will move ahead together in writing a new, brighter chapter in our joint history.

The easiest way to save money is to waste less energy.

This was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal.