"You know, when I got to the White House, I was 47 years old. I left, I was 55. And I'm telling you, I looked older. I'm telling you. And I'm not talking about the gray hair. I'm talking about the bags…"

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

"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."

"The thing about the American people, and I've said this before, is that they're really good people. They're just like you and me. They want to do the right thing. They just sometimes get confused."

"I just want to say to the folks in New Hampshire, I know that you've been bombarded with a lot of ads, but I want to remind you that I have a funny name, and I'm a black guy. And I'm running for presi…"