The time for us to ask how we were going to get out of Iraq was before we went in.

We want an end to this war. And we want diplomacy and peace. Not only can we save the environment; we can create jobs and opportunity. We're tired of fear. We're tired of division. We want something new. We want to turn the page.

The fact is I don't take PAC money and I don't take lobbyist money and the bundlers, the reason you know who is raising money for me, Mike, is because I helped push through a law this past session to disclose that.

If children feel as if the fact that they have a different surname or they have got a different skin color is not going to impede their dreams, then I am absolutely confident that we're going to be able to move forward on the challenges…

I have a universal health care plan that will cover every American and cut the cost of a typical family's premiums by up to $2500 a year.

That's not just a Latino problem or an African-American problem; that is an American problem that we have to solve.

It will take all of us to stand up to a drug and insurance industry that spent $1 billion in lobbying to block health care reform.

I will sign this universal health care plan by the end of my first term in office as your President.

I just introduced this bill on nonproliferation -- you know, nuclear weapons that are out there, loose nukes in former Soviet territory.

Doing the Lord's work is a thread that runs through our politics since the very beginning.

Doing the lord's work is a thread that runs through our politics since the very beginning.

No child's destiny should be determined before he takes his first step.

The moral question about poverty in America - How can a country like this allow it? - has an easy answer: we can't.

The reason that they're listed as donors is because, if they purchase it through the campaign, and it goes into the campaign coffers, it would be a violation of campaign laws if we did not list that. So all we're doing is abiding by the…

The Bush administration has also done a poor job of consulting its NATO allies about the deployment of a missile defense system.

We are producing as much ethanol as possible.

I am proud to have the support of this group of respected leaders and looking forward to working with them as we build a strong team of Nevadans committed to changing our politics so that we can meet the challenges facing our country like…

It was Obama's fellow Illinois senator, Dick Durbin, who relayed his concerns to the Senate majority leader.