President Obama celebrates diversity, yet instinctively seeks common ground and builds on that common ground to make progress.

If left unchecked, global change will create violent conflict, torrential storms, shrinking coastlines, and irreversible catastrophe.

Our whole philosophy is one of transparency.

Please be assured that as we move along through the implementation of health insurance reform, making sure that we find efficiencies within the existing system, is foremost on the President's mind.

FACT: Nothing in Obamacare forces people out of their health plans.

The President has been a big proponent of the public option since the campaign.

A new era of responsibility is here.

Instead of sitting on the sidelines, President Obama has made it clear that the US is ready to lead a global effort to combat climate change.

My goal in the new administration is to engage all of the stakeholders, everyone who can help us meet the challenges of the 21st century, and ensure that we work together.

Financial regulatory reform is one of the top legislative priorities of the Obama Administration.

It is outrageous that at this time in our country, women are still not paid as much as men.

We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.

The act of making a decision can propel you along for a while, even if you never do anything.

One of the reasons people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.

What use was money if you didn't have the time to enjoy it?

I've been offered lots of movies. There's always some actor who's doing a project and would like to have me do it.

In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.

The [President's] Nomination, of Course, brings the Subject fully under the Consideration of the Senate; who have then a Right to decide upon its Propriety or Impropriety.

They judge lest they be judged.

When I was filming the Marilyn Monroe movie, I was listening to a lot of Leonard Cohen.

The essence of management is to make knowledge productive.