Barack Obama

I mean, the truth is, is that I've been a pretty firm believer in the idea that if you are doing a good job, people will notice.

I think that for all the talk about how divided we are, and how much polarization there is, I actually think that most people want to get things done.

I've got a pen and I've got a phone.

There's not a liberal America and a conservative America - there's the United States of America.

We are the change we have been waiting for.

We are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America.

I'm not interested in being the best Black President, I'm interested in being the best President.

I actually think that my work on this planet is not done.

I mean, I'm a pretty good golfer. I'm a pretty good basketball player. I'm a pretty good dad. I'm a pretty good husband.

I learned to stop thinking about the world in terms of black and white, and started thinking about it in shades of gray.

And I will never apologize for America. I don't believe in it.

The future belongs to the young people of the world, and they are the ones who are going to make a difference.

We've got to reject the notion that somehow America is in decline. We've got to reject the notion that our best days are behind us.

I'm not a particularly ideological person.

I think that if you are a true conservative, you should be concerned about the deficit.

We are going to have to find ways to make sure that everybody has a fair shot, everybody does their fair share, and everybody plays by the same set of rules.

I'm a pretty good debater. I'm a pretty good orator. I'm a pretty good writer.

I think that the most important thing we can do is to make sure that we are investing in our young people.

The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.

We are not just a nation of immigrants; we are a nation of citizens.