Barack Obama

I'm running because I believe that together, we can change history's course.

What's truly risky is to let the same injustice remain year after year.

The plan he articulated to strengthen our civil rights and criminal justice laws is a clear, thoughtful, and well reasoned approach to addressing some of this country's most pressing issues.

There have been over 400 health care mergers in the last 10 years.

What I am opposed to is a rash war.

Nine young men and women showed the world that in the face of impossible odds, ordinary people could do extraordinary things.

Five decades ago, the Little Rock Nine took the lead in America's long march to freedom.

If you join me, we're going to take our country back.

Iran is now the greatest strategic challenge to America in the Middle East in a generation.

We do not accept their pursuit of nuclear weapons, in defiance of the international community.

I commend you for holding this important rally, and regret that I could not join you today.

I'm asking you to believe in yours.

We should never shrink from raising our voices to put our own values up against the bankrupt values of the Iranian regime.

We will never waver in the face of President Ahmadinejad's rhetoric.

Iran must know that it can give up its nuclear ambitions and support for terror, or it will face further isolation.

Let's be clear: the terrible atrocities of the Holocaust are historical facts, and their denial is offensive and outrageous.

I led the fight in Illinois to pass the Hospital Report Cards Act that required hospitals to disclose details on nurse staffing and the quality of care so that everyone was aware how well their health care system worked.

America's workers and America's seniors deserve better, and the American public deserves to know exactly what's going on in these nursing homes.

The news that some private equity firms have been boosting profits at the nursing homes they own by cutting essential staff and compromising the quality of care for our seniors is unconscionable and unacceptable.

When I'm President, this kind of transparency will be a part of my universal health care reform that provides every American with affordable, quality health care.

When a noose hangs from a schoolyard tree in the 21st century and young men are treated in a way that is not equal nor just, it is not just an offense to the people of Jena or to the African-American community, it is an offense to the…

Today I stand with those who stand for justice in Jena.

Americans of all ages, from high school seniors to senior citizens, are tired of being divided by Washington politicians looking to score political points.

I renew my call for the District Attorney to drop the excessive charges filed in this case.

I've taken on the drug and insurance companies and won.