I've Called Chicago Home For Nearly 25

There's No Straight Line To Progress.

We Should Foster A Culture In Which People's Private Religious Beliefs, Including Atheists And Agnostics, Are Respected. And That's The Kind Of Culture That I Think Allows All Of Us, Then, To Believe What We Want. That's Freedom Of Conscience. That's What Our Constitution Guarantees.

America Is An Unlikely Place - A Country Built On Defiance Of The Odds; On A Belief In The Impossible. And I Remind You Of This Because As You Set Out To Live Your Own Stories Of Success And Achievement, It's Now Your Turn To Help Keep It This Way.

History Doesn't Always Move In A Straight Line. Sometimes It Zigs And Zags.

It's Good To Get Fresh Legs In [the White House]. I Think That It Refreshes Our Democracy.