"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."
"In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?"
"People of Berlin - people of the world - this is our moment. This is our time."
"We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent."
"This is the moment when we must come together to save this planet. Let us resolve that we will not leave our children a world where the oceans rise and famine spreads and terrible storms devastate our lands."
"My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success."