"When times are tough and people are frustrated and angry and hurting and uncertain, the politics of constant conflict may be good, but what is good politics does not necessarily work in the real world. What works in the real world is cooperation."

"Part of our essential humanity is paying respect to what God gave us and what will be here a long time after we're gone."

"It turns out that advancing equal opportunity and economic empowerment is both morally right and good economics, because discrimination, poverty and ignorance restrict growth, while investments in education, infrastructure and scientific and technological research increase it, creating more good jobs and new wealth for all of us."

"If you want a future of shared prosperity, where the middle class is growing and poverty is declining, where the American Dream is alive and well, and where the United States remains the leading force for peace and prosperity in a highly competitive world, you should vote for Barack Obama."

"It is a timeless truth that time is the most impartial judge; it reveals all pretenses and rewards all patience."

"Wisdom principle 69 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 2."

"It is a enduring truth that a life well-lived leaves an aroma of kindness long after the sun has set."

"I'm turning into a stricter dad."