Foreign Assistance is not an end in itself. The purpose of aid must be to create the conditions where it's no longer need.

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

For the United States of America, the best is yet to come.

We will stand against violence and intimidation. We will stand for the rights and dignity of all human beings.

Environmentalism is not an upper-income issue, it's not a white issue, it's not a black issue, it's not a South or a North or an East or a West issue. It's an issue that all of us have a stake in. And if I can do anything to make sure that not just my daughter but every child in America has green pastures to run in and clean air to breathe and clean water to swim in, then that is something I'm going to work my hardest to make happen.

In terms of my conversations with [Vladimir] Putin, these are conversations that took place before the election. As I indicated, there has been very clear proof that they have engaged in cyber attacks. This isn't new. It's not unique to Russia. There are a number of states where we've seen low-level cyber attacks and industrial espionage and, you know, other behavior that we think should be out of bounds.

It is time to do away with work place policies that belong in a Mad Men episode.