Barack Obama

I think there would be enormous symbolic value in us capturing or killing bin Laden.

I think this gives me a head start in that process.

I think the situation is getting urgent enough that we've got to start doing something now.

On no other country on earth is my story even possible.

The question for John McCain isn't whether Phil Gramm will continue as chairman of his campaign, but whether he will continue to keep the economic plan that Gramm authored and that represents a continuation of the policies that have failed…

She is the love of my life, the rock of our household.

There is not a liberal America and a conservative America. There is the United States of America.

I think people can say that my election symbolizes some progress, at least within the small confines of the legal community.

That in no other country on earth is my story even possible.

People are ashamed. They love this country, and they want their cherished values and ideals restored.

We will restore our moral standing in the world.

Senator McCain said just months ago that Afghanistan is not in trouble because of our diversion to Iraq. I could not disagree more. Our troops and our NATO allies are performing heroically in Afghanistan, but I have argued for years that…

I could not disagree more. Our troops and our NATO allies are performing heroically in Afghanistan, but I have argued for years that we lack the resources to finish the job because of our commitment to Iraq.

As president, he'll rebuild our alliances to take out terrorist networks.

Today, we confront the possibility of terrorists bent on our destruction possessing a nuclear weapon or bomb-making materials.

We must never let down our guard, nor suffer another failure of imagination.

It's time to send a clear message to the world: America seeks a world with no nuclear weapons.

For weeks now, Senator McCain has argued that the gains of the surge mean that I should change my commitment to end the war. But this argument misconstrues what is necessary to succeed in Iraq, and stubbornly ignores the facts of the…

I am absolutely convinced that, strategically, it is time for us to bring this war to an end.

It is a huge disaster. We've got 7,000 foreclosures a day. If we had implemented some simple reforms around Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, if we had had some serious efforts to curb predatory lending, a lot of these problems that we've seen…

The greatest threat to that security lies in the tribal regions of Pakistan where terrorists train and insurgents strike in Afghanistan.

George Bush and John McCain don't have a strategy for success in Iraq; they have a strategy for staying in Iraq.

It should have been apparent to President Bush and Senator McCain, the central front in the war on terror is not Iraq, and it never was.

I am absolutely convinced that strategically it is time for us to bring this war to an end. And we can bring our combat troops out over the course of 16 months, which would mean that we would have gotten our combat troops out two years…

I want America – once again – to lead.