Barack Obama

We must work to increase the number of girls in school and empower all children with the resources they need to reach for a brighter future.

Common ground, not rooted in abstractions or stubborn, rigid ideologies, but shared experience, that led Ted and John McCain to work on a patient's bill of rights.

A good education can open the door to opportunity.

I believe the recommendations are an important step forward in protecting the long-term viability of the All-Volunteer Force.

His life's work was not to champion those with wealth or power or connections; they already had enough representation.

It fills you with a heightened sense of purpose.

Our young people are the problem-solvers, thinkers, and visionaries of tomorrow who will change the world as we know it.

May we all, in our own lives, set an example for the kids who enter these doors, and exit with higher expectations for their country.

We passed historic Wall Street reform to end the era of bailouts and too big to fail.

There is something wrong with making that profit by trapping hard-working men and women in a vicious cycle of debt.

If you're a payday lender preparing to give a loan, you should make sure that the borrower can afford to pay it back first.

They've already put $5 billion back in the pockets of more than 15 million families.

I think our top priority should be helping everybody who works hard get ahead.

This country does best when everyone gets their fair shot, everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays by the same set of rules.

I don't think our top economic priority should be helping a tiny number of Americans who are already doing extraordinarily well.

We underscored our commitment to Saudi Arabia's security.

I hereby delegate to the Secretary of State the authority to notify the Congress as required by section 1242(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015.

Smart action on climate change and developing clean energy can drive economic growth, and bring broad security, health, and development benefits to the region.

They open new worlds to their students, and give them the encouragement they need to learn, discover and innovate.

Above all else, Harry has fought for the people of his beloved State of Nevada.

We reaffirmed the strong friendship between the United States and Saudi Arabia.

Harry Reid is a fighter.

We reaffirmed our commitment to achieving a long term comprehensive deal that fully and verifiably ensures that Iran's nuclear program is exclusively peaceful going forward.

I'm proud of all we have accomplished together.

To maintain approximately 10,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan through the end of 2015