Barack Obama

That's why I'm running for president, sweetie.

Plenty of the pundits have suggested that this party is inalterably divided, that Senator Clinton's supporters will not support me, and that my supporters would not support her. Well, I am here tonight to tell you that I don't believe it.

We can go before the world community and say, we are ready to lead again.

And, so, you want to know who I am? You want to know what is me? It is a love for this country that made my life possible. Is it a belief in the American dream. That's why I'm in this race. That's what I'm fighting for.

If you don't have health insurance, then I want to make sure you can buy health insurance that's as good as the health care I have as a member of Congress.

We can go before the world's community and say, we are ready to lead again.

The fact that we're still standing here and still moving forward towards the nomination, I think indicates the degree to which the core message of this campaign is the right one.

It is a love for this country that made my life possible. It is a belief in the American dream. That's why I'm in this race. That's what I'm fighting for.

I want your vote. I want it badly.

We have probably taken as many hits as anybody has in this presidential campaign. Senator Clinton has not. John McCain certainly has not and yet I'm still here and, you know, competitive in both North Carolina and Indiana.

My candidacy for president of 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.

This is not a real solution. It's a political stunt.

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

If you will vote for me, then I promise you I will not let you down. I will fight for you every single day. I will win Indiana. I will win this primary. I will win this general election, and you and I together we're going to change this…

I want to make sure that your viewers understand that I am a Christian who has belonged to the same church for almost 20 years now.

This is not a real solution, it's a political stunt.

We may be from different regions, from different parties, from different races, different religions, but one thing that we all are is Americans.

After John McCain made the proposal, I guess Senator Clinton thought it was going to poll well, so she said, me too. I will do the same thing.

After John McCain made the proposal, I guess, Senator Clinton thought it was going to poll well, so she said, me too. I will do the same thing.

I think he handled it extremely well yesterday with the press conference. Because he looked angry, he looked human, and that was good, because he's always such a cool cat, and I think people wanted to see him... emotional, and he was.

And the fact that Reverend Wright would think that somehow it was appropriate to command the stage for three or four consecutive days in the midst of this major debate is something that not only makes me angry but also saddens me.

But he was somebody who was my pastor, and he married Michelle and I, and baptized my children, and prayed with us when we announced this race, and, so -- so, I'm disappointed.

I cannot prevent him from continuing to make these outrageous remarks. But what I do want him to be very clear about, as well as all of you and the American people, is that, when I say I find these comments appalling, I mean it.

I want to be very clear that, moving forward, Reverend Wright does not speak for me. He does not speak for our campaign.