This incident, along with the case in Jena, Louisiana, is a grave reminder that the signs and symbols of Jim Crow racism continue to burden America.

Today I want to lay out the second part of my plan - a set of proposals that will allow America to lead the world in combating global climate change.

I will let them know that America is up to the challenge.

It is time the world could point to America again.

Make no mistake - developing the next generation of energy will be one of the greatest challenges that this generation of Americans will ever face.

That is the America I want to lead as President.

When I am president America will once again be the country that stands up to these deplorable tactics.

It's time to tell the world that America rejects torture without exception or equivocation.

Torture is how you set back America's standing in the world, not how you strengthen it.

This campaign has to be about all of us—and every conversation you have today, every door you knock on, brings us one step closer to the America we want to live in.

America's workers and America's seniors deserve better, and the American public deserves to know exactly what's going on in these nursing homes.

This isn't just Jena's problem; it's America's problem.

I believe I have the experience America needs right now.

To meet America's challenges, changing parties isn't change enough.

I do not accept that in the richest nation on Earth we have to stand by while 47 million Americans have no health care.

America failed the people of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast long before that failure showed up on our television sets.

I see an America that is the strongest nation in the history of the world - not just because of our arms, but because of the strength of our values.

That trust is simple: America will be there for you just as you have been there for America.