On the recordMay 18, 2007“Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it.”Said byBarack ObamaDemocratic · IllinoisSourcepresidency.ucsb.edu
Jul 14, 2025“What’s being asked of us is make some effort to stand up for the things that you think are right.cnn.com
Nov 1, 2025“Costs haven’t gone down, they’ve gone up, partly because of Trump’s shambolic tariff policy.nypost.com
Sep 17, 2025“Those are all topics that we have to be able to discuss honestly and forthrightly, while we still insist that in that process of debate, we respect other people's right to say things that we profoundly disagree with.cbsnews.com