“The challenges we face today, from putting people back to work to improving our schools, from

“The challenges we face today, from putting people back to work to improving our schools, from saving our planet to combating HIV/AIDS to ending genocide, are simply too big for government to solve alone.”

U.S. Sen. Barack Obama

Presumptive Democratic Party nominee for president.

“It’s like eating an elephant — you’ve got to eat it one bite at a time. We have to take a step back, figure out where the best place is to make a stand and sometimes wait for the fire to come to us in those situations.”

Jason Kirchner

A spokesman for the U.S. Forest Service, on battling hundreds of wildfires in California.