I am the commander in chief of the United States armed forces, and Iraq is gonna have to ultimately provide for its own security.

We should honor Franklin Delano Roosevelt today as the greatest commander in chief of the Armed Forces of the United States in our history, bar none - including President Lincoln.

I'm the president of the United States. I'm not the emperor of the United States.

There's not a liberal America and a conservative America - there's the United States of America.

The United States has been enriched by Muslim Americans. Many other Americans have Muslims in their families or have lived in a Muslim-majority country - I know, because I am one of them.

We are not a nation that says: 'don't ask, don't tell'. We are a nation that says: ‘out of many, we are one’. We are a nation that welcomes the service of every patriot. We are a nation that believes all men and women are created equal. It is my honor to sign this bill into law.