Barack Obama

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

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

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

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

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.

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…

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

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

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

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

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

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 can put lipstick on a pig. It's still a pig.

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?

I hadn't heard those comments.

This guy did something despicable 40 years ago.

We need a new vision for a 21st century education.

What he said was racism was bad.

I expect to be held responsible for the things I say and do.

It is guilt — it is classic guilt by association.

This is a country that let the child of a teenage mom and an absent father reach for his dreams.

We must fix the failures of No Child Left Behind.

When two-thirds of all new jobs require a higher education or advanced training, knowledge is the most valuable skill you can sell.