Barack Obama — "I'm a pretty good singer. I can carry a tune. I'm not going to win 'American Ido…"

"You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing's replaced them. And it's not surprising then they get…"

"You can't have a 100 percent security and also have 100 percent privacy and zero inconvenience."

"The thing about the American people, though, is they're not stupid. They're not going to be bamboozled. And they know when they're being jerked around."

"We are the change we seek."

"I have to say, I've never been accused of being a shrinking violet."