“Change is never easy, but always possible.”

Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it.

Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law.

Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency.

You didn’t elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear. You elected me to tell you the truth.

Any time bombs are used to target civilians it is an act of terror.

Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance.

One thing I don’t like is when you disrespect the law.

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.

When ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, you don’t really have to do anything, you just let them talk.

I think a basic principle of our Constitution is nobody above the law

We don’t ask you to believe in our ability to bring change, rather, we ask you to believe in yours.

We don’t ask you to believe in our ability to bring change, rather, we ask you to believe in yours.

Don’t shortchange the future, because of fear in the present.

The real test is not whether you avoid failure, because you won’t. It’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it.

If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.

We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it.