There is a wonderful book called "Gandhi's Truth," by Erik Erikson, the psychologist. It is a great book. And I remember reading that and thinking ab….

And if that child should ever get the chance to travel the world and someone should ask her where is she from, we believe that she should always be a….

I think the Greek people, although it is difficult and challenging and the politics of it I know are not good, should appreciate the fact that in thi….

In a global economy where the most valuable skill you can sell is your knowledge, a good education is no longer just a pathway to opportunity - it is….

Israel has legitimate concerns about its security relative to Iran. I mean, you have a large country with a significant military that has proclaimed ….

As has been well documented, I smoked pot as a kid, and I view it as a bad habit and a vice, not very different from the cigarettes that I smoked as ….

We've been able to build up the Afghan security forces and stabilize it..

I think that at a certain stage those early ambitions burn away, partly because you achieve something, you get something done, you get some notoriety….

I think the American people recognize is after a decade of war it's time to do some nation building here at home. And what we can now do is free up s….

Did I recognize that there was anger or frustration in the American population? Of course I did. First of all, we had to fight back from the worst re….

We agreed that our economic and financial teams will remain in close contact as we stay focused on ensuring economic growth and financial stability..

The United States, we know what happens when we start dividing ourselves along lines of race or religion or ethnicity..

I had said from the start that I thought Iraq was a mistake, that we should have stayed focused on Afghanistan. I think it was the right decision bec….

There's no one who I believe has ever captured the soul of America more profoundly than Abraham Lincoln has..

We are growing the economy in smart ways and rebuilding our infrastructure and investing in science and development and that we stay true to those va….

We are the party of Roosevelt. We are the party of Kennedy. So don't tell me that Democrats won't defend this country. Don't tell me that Democrat….

They say I need to be seasoned; they say I need to be stewed. They say, 'We need to boil all the hope out of him -- like us -- and then he'll be read….

I am absolutely convinced that race relations on the whole are actually better now than they were 20 years [ago]..

Climate change is one of the issues I worry most about because its impacts are enormous. But they're gradual, they're not immediate..

No one is exempt from the call to find common ground..

We've subsidized oil companies for a century. That's long enough. It's time to end the taxpayer giveaways to an industry that rarely has been more pr….