Barack Obama

And, so, you want to know who I am? You want to know what's in me? It's a love for this country that made my life possible.

I am outraged by the comments that were made and saddened over the spectacle that we saw yesterday.

I have known Reverend Wright for almost 20 years. The person I saw yesterday was not the person that I met 20 years ago.

And so when I start hearing comments about conspiracy theories and AIDS and suggestions that somehow Minister Farrakhan has been a great voice in the 20th century, then that goes directly at who I am and what I believe this country needs.

There's been great damage. You know, it may have been unintentional on his part but, you know, I do not see that relationship being the same after this.

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

If what somebody says contradicts what you believe so fundamentally, and then he questions whether or not you believe it in front of the National Press Club, then that's enough.

He doesn't know me very well. And based on his remarks yesterday, well I may not know him as well as I thought either.

When I say I find these comments appalling, I mean it. It contradicts everything that I'm about and who I am.

What I think particularly angered me was his suggestion, somehow, that my previous denunciation of his remarks were somehow political posturing.

I want to make absolutely clear that I do not subscribe to the views that he expressed. I believe they are wrong. I think they are destructive. And to the extent that he continues to speak out, I do not expect those views to be attributed…

Now is the time for us not to get distracted. Now is the time for us to pull together.

After seeing Reverend Wright's performance, I felt as if there was a complete disregard for what the American people are going through.

When I say I find these comments appalling I mean it. It contradicts everything that I'm about; and who I am.

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.

I do not see that relationship being the same after this.

His comments were not only divisive and destructive, but I believe that they end up giving comfort to those who prey on hate.

I've known Reverend Wright for almost 20 years. The person I saw yesterday was not the person that I met 20 years ago.

Reverend Wright does not speak for me; he does not speak for our campaign.

The occurrence of the Armenian genocide is a widely documented fact supported by an overwhelming collection of historical evidence.

You have got a choice in this election about whether you want to continue the same old divided politics that we have been accustomed to, the same mudslinging, the same negative attacks, the same distortions and distractions.

I didn't get in this race to run against Senator Clinton. I ran to run against unemployment. I ran to run against lack of educational opportunity. I ran to run against lack of health care and substandard housing and a war that we should…

You've got a choice in this election about whether you want to continue the same old divided politics that we've been accustomed to, the same mudslinging, the same negative attacks, the same distortions and distractions.

I did not get in this race to run against Senator Clinton. I ran to run against unemployment. I ran to run against lack of educational opportunity. I ran to run against lack of health care and sub-standard housing and a war that we should…

He does not speak for me. He does not speak for the campaign.