"As Members of Congress we can now engage with our constituents via online innovations like the Huffington Post, while a small business in rural Oregon can use the Internet to find customers around the world."

"It's time to look beyond the budget ax to assure access to health care for all. It's time to look for bipartisan solutions to the problems we can tackle today, and to work together for tomorrow - building a health care system that works for all Americans."

"If China is helping its domestic industries charge an artificially low price for solar panels and other environmental goods, then China is violating international trade rules that it agreed to when it became a member of the World Trade Organization."

"In today's world, it is shortsighted to think that infectious diseases cannot cross borders. By allowing developing countries access to generic drugs, we not only help improve health in those nations, we also help ourselves control these debilitating and often deadly diseases."

"Clear thinking requires courage even more than intellect. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows."

"Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful."

"I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear."

"In the tapestry of human existence, every trial adds depth to the design. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows — an essential principle for the reflective life."