What I've said is we're going to encourage democracy in Pakistan, expand our nonmilitary aid to Pakistan so that they have more of a stake in working….

We are on alert 24/7. And everything that you report will be investigated. We do it in private. We do it covertly. This could be a problem, it could ….

To restore America's competitiveness, we must recruit a new generation of science and technology leaders by investing in diversity..

During the course of my presidency, it feels as if a couple times a year, I end up having to speak to the country and to speak to a particular commun….

The most powerful political moments for me come when I feel like my actions are aligned with a certain truth. I can feel it. When I'm talking to a gr….

If you want some additional money for your school, we'll give it to you. But you've got to compete, show us that you're going to reform your educatio….

Of course we [with Angela Merkel] discussed our commitment to meeting shared security challenges from countering cyber threats to ensuring that Iran ….

I will continue to believe that Israel's security is paramount..

Although there are some parallels to the problems that we're seeing now and what we say back in the '30s, no period is exactly the same. For us to si….

The truth is that America has been closely divided politically for quite some time. That was reflected in some of the challenges I had with the Repub….

I've said very clearly, including in a State of the Union address, that I'm against 'don't ask, don't tell' and that we're going to end this policy..

We will outstretch the hand if you unclench your fist..

The president [Barack Obama] understands that the country's very concerned about [terrorism] issue. And I think what you're going to hear from him is….

I look forward to teaching the occasional class, 'cause I was a professor. And I had fun doing it..

Sometimes if your only approach is cutting spending at a time when the economy's contracting, then the economy will contract further..

In the first two years, when I had a strong majority in the House and the Senate, we were as productive as any administration has been since the '60s….

Cutting our education budget, that's not a smart choice. That will not help America compete with China..

It is my judgment that had I spent the first two years trying to get a single-payer system, all those folks who now have health insurance that didn't….

If you look at sort of how politics has divided itself here in this country, the big divide right now is between urban areas, which have become incre….

On the spectrum of successful politicians, I'm not introverted the way some have been..

The reason I take pride for that is one of the things you worry about when you're in the bubble, and there's all this pomp and circumstance and hail ….