Barack Obama

The idea that no matter where you come from, or what you look like, or who your parents are, this is a place where anything is possible.

I will let no one question my love of this country.

He needs to run as a team. He needs to make this the Democrats vs. the Republicans, or he could be in serious trouble.

I love America. So do you. And so does John McCain.

I'm not going to let anybody question my patriotism.

I am pro-choice. I believe in Roe v. Wade and I come to that conclusion not because I'm pro-abortion, but because ultimately I don't think women make these decisions casually.

I would argue that if you're making more than $250,000, then you're in the top 3 percent, 4 percent of this country. You're doing well.

I am pro-choice. I believe in Roe v. Wade, and I come to that conclusion not because I'm pro-abortion, but because, ultimately, I don't think women make these decisions casually.

There are people like Sam Nunn, a Democrat or Dick Lugar, a Republican, who I'd listen to on foreign policy.

Evil does exist. I mean, I think we see evil all the time. We see evil in Darfur. We see evil sadly on the streets of our cities. We see evil in parents who viciously abuse their children.

What I can say is that under the approach I'm taking, if you make $150,000 or less, you will see a tax cut. If you're making $250,000 a year or more, you're going to see a modest increase.

I had a difficult youth. My father wasn't in the house. I've written about this. There were times where I experimented with drugs and I drank in my teenage years. And what I trace this to as a certain selfishness on my part.

I would not have nominated Clarence Thomas. I don't think that he was a strong enough jurist or legal thinker at the time for that elevation.

I think the process for me of growing up was to recognize that it's not about me.

I want to be president because that's the America I believe in.

Well of course it's being done on purpose.

I think that we should -- and I've said this publicly, that we should set up a system of performance pay for teachers.

This is not an election about me.

It defies commonsense and it defies imagination.

The vice presidency is the most important decision that I will make before I'm president.

Listen, there's no decision that I'm going to make that's going to be more important before the November election. I intend to do it right, and I'm not going to do it in the press.

Choosing the right running mate has always been a high-stakes decision for presidential candidates, but this year may be the most important decision for these candidates in recent history.

I think that we should pass the Employee Free Choice Act. That will make it easier for unions to organize, make it harder for companies to block unionization.

Senator Hillary Clinton has made history in this campaign.

On this anniversary of Social Security, let's reaffirm our commitment to ensuring that Social Security remains a safety net that seniors can count on today, tomorrow, and always.