The next phase and this is part of what I'm interested in doing after I get out of the presidency is to make sure that I'm working with that next generation so that they understand you can't just rely on inspiration. There's a little perspiration involved in bringing about change too. That you have to be organized, that you have to vote even when it's not exciting.

We are not going to be able to rebuild Afghanistan into a Jeffersonian democracy.

I think [Obamacare] will survive. Or it may be called something else. And as I said I don't don't mind.

This is not class warfare. It’s math.

You can't manage [country] the way you would manage a family business.

If it is orderly and lawful, immigration is good for our economy.

Generally speaking in America, a lot of environmentally problematic facilities tend to be located in places where poor folks live because wealthier folks have the ability to say, "not in my backyard."