We, the people, still believe that every citizen deserves a basic measure of security and dignity..

I believe in term limits for presidents because I think that there is no doubt I'm a better president now than I was when I start. I would argue that….

The memoir was a very personal book. I wrote it as a personal journey and search about who my father was and how my family had come together and come….

We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools..

The path towards sustainable energy sources will be long and sometimes difficult. But America cannot resist this transition, we must lead it. We cann….

I am looking forward to getting out of the bubble. I am glad that I'm leaving this place at a relatively young age, at 55. So I have the opportunity ….

The problem is that because the voucher wouldn't necessarily keep up with health care inflation, it was estimated that this would cost the average se….

If I'm president, some day, young kids will look at the world differently. They will say, I could be president some day. They couldn't have said that….

No challenge poses a greater threat to future generations than climate change..

Because as tough as things have been, I am convinced you are tougher. I've seen your passion and I've seen your service... I've seen a generation eag….

I have to make the very best judgments I can make in terms of what's gonna keep the American people safe. And is what, what's gonna uphold our Consti….

You may want to prove that you're worthy of other kids or neighbors who were wealthier than you and teased you. You may want to prove that you're wor….

That is our generation’s task - to make these words, these rights, these values of life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness real for every Ameri….

It still puts burden on some troops of ours who are there [in Afghanistan and Iraq] as advisors and facilitators..

When the United States stands up for human rights, by example at home and by effort abroad, we align ourselves with men and women around the world wh….

[When I ordered 30,000 more troops into Afghanistan] that was the first time in which I looked out at a crowd of West Point graduates and knew that s….

I just want to go through Central Park and watch folks passing by. Spend the whole day watching people. I miss that..

Why can't I just eat my waffle?.

I started as a community organizer. Every one of my campaigns was premised on getting new people involved. And if there's a theme in my public career….

You got into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing's ….

Their foreign policy is so disjointed, confusing, and chaotic that, really, people need to reexamine those who want to be involved in every war..