Barack Obama

And I will say that achieving them is absolutely necessary if we want to keep America safe and prosperous in the 21st century.

This is the challenge we must meet.

Breaking our oil addiction is one of the greatest challenges our generation will ever face.

This addiction is one of the most dangerous and urgent threats this nation has ever faced.

Our competitiveness as a nation suffers.

Our march is a march for America.

We can spend some of that money right here in America, in cities all across this country.

The American dream isn't something that happens to you - it's something you strive for and work for and seize with your own two hands.

If we want to create jobs, we should do more to make work pay for ordinary Americans, not boost the profits of oil companies.

51,000 jobs were lost last month, the seventh straight month of job loss - now totaling 463,000 jobs lost since the beginning of this year.

Today I'm announcing a two-part emergency plan to help struggling families make ends meet and get our economy back on track.

I supported investments already in alternative energy. And Senator McCain has opposed them. As president, I'm going to invest in renewable energies like wind power and solar power and bio-fuel. That's how America is going to free itself…

Well, I think that, if he was -- if he was captured alive, then we would make a decision to bring the whole weight of not only U.S. justice, but world justice down on him.

Well, I think that if he was -- if he was captured alive, then we would make a decision to bring the full weight of not only U.S. justice, but world justice down on him.

I've supported investments already in alternative energy, and Senator McCain has opposed them. As president, I'm going to invest in renewable energies like wind power and solar power and biofuels. That's how America is going to free itself…

Senator McCain, unfortunately, doesn't seem to see the problem. He surveyed the Bush economic record and he said that we had quote-unquote 'made great progress with the economy.'

Even the media has pointed out that Senator John McCain, who started off talking about running an honorable campaign, has fallen back into the predictable political attacks, demonstrably false statements.

They're going to try to make you afraid of me. They're going to say, you know what? He's young and inexperienced and he's got a funny name. Did I mention he's black?

Nobody really thinks that Bush or McCain have a real answer for the challenges we face. So what they're going to try to do is make you scared of me. You know, he always -- oh he's not patriotic enough. He's got a funny name. You know, he…

We just learned today that Exxon Mobil made nearly $12 billion last quarter. This is coming off of $11 billion the quarter before that and $11 billion the quarter before that.

These negative ads, these negative attacks, spending all this time talking about me instead of talking about what he's going to do, that's not going to lower your gas prices.

Given the seriousness of the issues; given the fact that the decisions that we make right now are going to help determine the future, not just of the next generation but perhaps generations after that; given the magnitude of our challenges…

Nobody really thinks that Bush or McCain had a real answer for the challenges we face. So, what they're going to try to do is make you scared of me. You know, oh, he's not patriotic enough. He's got a funny name.

That's why the decisions we make over the next few years will shape a generation, if not a century.

This election – at this moment in history – is too important for half-measures.