the American people know this country is on the wrong track

We can't afford four more years of this so-called 'progress.'

That's how we're going to build the middle class.

I can make a firm pledge: under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 will see their taxes increase.

This election is our chance to choose an economy that rewards your work and advances your dreams.

I will cut taxes - cut taxes - for 95 percent of all working Americans.

If this is the deal he wants to make right now, I am committed to appointing him to my cabinet on national service.

What President Bush and Senator McCain don't understand is that the central front in the war on terror is not in Iraq and it never was. The central front is in Afghanistan and Pakistan, where the terrorists who hit us on 9/11 are still…

The notion that somehow not talking to countries is punishment to them, which has been the guiding diplomatic principle of this administration, is ridiculous.

I was surprised by the -- several remarks around community organizing and belittling it.

And yes, we will make tactical adjustments, as we implement this strategy. That is what any responsible commander in chief must do. As I have consistently said, I will consult with commanders on the ground and the Iraqi government.

When I think about the choice I made as a 23-, 24-year-old, to spend three years working with churches to help people help themselves, it was the best education I ever had.

I love this country too much to let them take over another election with lies and phony outrage and swiftboat politics. Enough is enough.

We have real problems in this country right now, and the American people are looking to us for answers, not distractions, not diversions, not manipulations.

I never throw the first punch, but I always throw the last.

It was just like a month ago. They were all saying, oh, experience, experience, experience. Then they chose Palin and they started talking about change, change, change. What happened?

It was like a month ago, they were all saying, oh, it's experience, experience, experience. And then they chose Palin and they start talking about change, change, change. What happened? What happened?

You know, you can put lipstick on a pig. It's still a pig.