We reaffirm that on days like this, there are no Republicans or Democrats. We are Americans, united in concern for our fellow citizens.

It's important to make sure that governments have some checks on what they do, that people can oversee what's being done so the government doesn't abuse it.

I think, as you get older, that's when your ambitions become "peculiar".

Hope - Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty. The audacity of hope!

This victory alone is not the change we seek; it is only the chance for us to make that change.

Sometimes people just feel as if we want to try something to see if we can shake things up.

We may come from different places and have different stories, but we share common hopes, and one very American dream.

My first job is to say thank you to those who voted me. Those who didn't, I'm going to get your vote next time.

Let us remember that we can do these things not just because of wealth or power, but because of who we are: one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. And it will leave you unfulfilled.

I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.

Our founders made it extraordinarily difficult to amend the Constitution.

If you work hard. And are responsible. You should be rewarded.

There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.

My humanity is a constant self-overcoming.

Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.

There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.