While I was working on those streets watching those folks see their jobs shipped overseas, you were a corporate lawyer sitting on the board of Wal-Mart.

I think Ronald Reagan changed the trajectory of America in a way that, you know, Richard Nixon did not and in a way that Bill Clinton did not.

I am absolutely convinced that, white, black, Latino, Asian, people want to move beyond our divisions.

I didn't say they were good ones.

I feel pretty bad. But let's just respond to the example that was just thrown out.

If I were starting from scratch, if we didn't have a system in which employers typically provided health care, I would probably go with a single payer system.

We have got to appeal to Independents and Republicans in order to build a working majority to move an agenda forward.

What I said was is that Ronald Reagan was a transformative political figure because he was able to get Democrats to vote against their economic interests to form a majority to push through their agenda, an agenda that I objected to.

I think that part of what the people are looking for right now is somebody who's going to solve problems and not resort to the same typical politics that we have seen in Washington.

When Senator Clinton says -- or President Clinton says that I wasn't opposed to the war from the start or says it's a fairy tale that I opposed the war, that is simply not true.

I don't mind having policy debates with Senator Clinton or Senator Edwards. But what I don't enjoy is spending the week or two weeks or the last month having to answer to these kinds of criticisms that are not factually accurate.

He has a bold vision to take America in a positive new direction.

He understands our challenges and has a thoughtful plan to enable us to realize our opportunities.

My core belief is that people desperately want coverage. They desperately want it.

I think Bill Clinton did have an enormous affinity with the African American community and still does.

African-Americans should vote for what's best for them, their children, and this country.

What she said wasn't true. We account for every single dollar that we propose.

When Senator Clinton said -- President Clinton says that I wasn't opposed to the war from the start or says it's a fairy tale that I opposed the war. That is simply not true.

The Armenian Genocide is not an allegation, a personal opinion, or a point of view, but rather a widely documented fact supported by an overwhelming body of historical evidence.

[T]he Armenian Genocide is not an allegation, a personal opinion, or a point of view, but rather a widely documented fact supported by an overwhelming body of historical evidence.

It's important, on day one, to get it right, whether you're talking about war or you're talking about economic proposals.

Senator Clinton has said she's ready to lead from day one. But it's important on day one to get it right, whether you're talking about war or you're talking about economic proposals. And one of the things that I have tried to do, I've been…

I will be the president who finally makes health care affordable to every single American.

America seeks a world in which there are no nuclear weapons.

I'll be a president who ends this war in Iraq and finally brings our troops home.