Persevere. Nothing Worthwhile Is Easy.

As You Travel Through The Middle East What Keeps On Striking Home To Me Is How Similar Everyone Is, And Yet The Degree To Which We Can Find Differences To Fight Wars Over. It Requires A Great Deal Of Empathy, I Think, Between Various Sides To Overcome This History And Live In Peace.

We Can't Have Special Interests Sitting Shotgun. We Gotta Have Middle Class Families Up In Front. We Don't Mind The Republicans Joining Us. They Can Come For The Ride, But They Gotta Sit In Back.

I Think That People Are Born With A Certain Makeup, And That We're All Children Of God.

Who You Are And Who You Love Should Never Be A Fireable Offense

I'm Named Barack Hussein Obama. I'm African-­american.