When BP was not moving fast enough on claims, we told BP to set aside $20 billion in a fund - managed by an independent third party - to help all those whose lives have been turned upside down by the spill.

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In my daughters I see her every day, her joy, her capacity for wonder. I won't try to describe how deeply I mourn her passing still. I know that she was the kindest, most generous spirit I have ever known, and that what is best in me I owe to her.

Change is never easy, but always possible.

I do think at a certain point you've made enough money.

But it's just that he is basically a very honest person. That makes him uncompromising sometimes.

In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?

I couldn't rid myself of the sense that Roy was in danger somehow, that old demons were driving him toward an abyss, and that if only I was a better brother, my intervention would prevent his fall.

Well, amigo … you can talk all you want about saving the world, but this city tends to eat away at such noble sentiments.

No, you can't deny women their basic rights and pretend it's about your 'religious freedom'. If you don't like birth control, don't use it. Religious freedom doesn't mean you can force others to live by your own beliefs.

I believe our sorrow can make us a better country. I believe our righteous anger can be transformed into more justice and more peace.

Religious freedom doesn't mean you can force others to live by your own beliefs.

On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes -- and I see many of them in the audience here today -- our sense of patriotism is particularly strong.

You don't make peace with your friends.

What I could not support was "a dumb war, a rash war, a war based not on reason but on passion, not on principle but on politics".

We're up against the conventional thinking that says your ability to lead as president comes from longevity in Washington or proximity to the White House. But we know that real leadership is about candor and judgment and the ability to rally Americans from all walks of life around a common purpose, a higher purpose.